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Manual of Biocontrol Agents Abbreviated Entry*

Active substance:

Polyoxin D zinc salt

Nomenclature

Common Names:

CAS RN:

146659-78-1

Targets:

  • Alternaria spp.
  • Botrytis spp.
  • Cercosporella spp.
  • Cladosporium spp.
  • Colletotrichum spp.
  • Erysiphe spp.
  • Leveillula spp.
  • Oidiopsis spp.
  • Peronospora spp.
  • Podosphaera spp.
  • Sclerotinia spp.
  • Sphaerotheca spp.
  • Venturia spp.
  • Alternaria alternata (leaf spot)
  • Alternaria dauci (carrot leaf blight)
  • Alternaria mali (alternaria blotch of apple)
  • Alternaria solani (early blight)
  • Botrytis cinerea (grey mould, botrytis bunch rot)
  • Bremia lactucae (lettuce downy mildew)
  • Cercospora carotae (carrot leaf spot, carrot leaf blight)
  • Colletotrichum orbiculare (anthracnose (cucurbit))
  • Corynespora cassiicola (target spot (tomato, cotton), leaf spot)
  • Didymella bryoniae (gummy stem blight)
  • Diplocarpon mali (marssonina apple blotch)
  • Erysiphe pisi (powdery mildew (pea))
  • Erysiphe polygoni (powdery mildew)
  • Golovinomyces cichoracearum (powdery mildew (ornamentals))
  • Passalora fulva (tomato leaf mould)
  • Phakopsora pachyrhizi (soyabean rust)
  • Phoma cucurbitacearum (gummy stem blight (cucurbit))
  • Phyllactinia mali (powdery mildew (arboreal rosaceae))
  • Phytophthora infestans (blight, late blight (potato))
  • Podosphaera leucotricha (powdery mildew (apple))
  • Podosphaera xanthii (powdery mildew (cucurbit))
  • Puccinia allii (rust (onion, leek))
  • Puccinia porri (rust (leeks))
  • Rhizoctonia solani (damping off, black scurf, root rot, seedling blight, leaf spot, stem rot (many species including potato))
  • Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (cottony soft rot, white mould, watery soft rot (vegetables))
  • Sclerotium rolfsii (Southern blight)
  • Septoria citri (Septoria spot, fruit spot (citrus))
  • Sphaerotheca pannosa (mildew (rose))
  • Verticillium dahliae (wilt)

Crops:

Biogeography:

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Biological Activity

Mode of Action:

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Toxicology

Environmental Fate:

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Commercialisation

This is an extract from the Manual of Biocontrol Agents produced by the BCPC. The manual has been substantially revised and updated to reflect the growth and maturity of the global biocontrol industry. It contains up-to-date, accurate and comprehensive information on over 200 active substances which are commercially available in products including:
  • 90+ micro-organisms
  • 15+ botanicals
  • 80+ macro-organisms
  • 31+ semiochemicals