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Forage: Pythium Damping-Off (Pythium spp.)

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 04 July 2005
Last Reviewed: 15 June 2009
Pub 812: Field Crop Protection Guide > Chapter 3: Forages > Pythium Damping-Off

Excerpt from Chapter 3, Field Crop Protection Guide, Order this publication

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  1. Integrated Pest Management Options
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Integrated Pest Management Options

Drain excess moisture and avoid compaction. Plant when soil and weather conditions favour rapid emergence and early growth of seedlings. Increase plant populations to compensate for any plant losses.

Seed Treatment

metalaxyl-M – Apron XL LS
Active ingredient metalaxyl-M
Trade nameApron XL LS
Rate (product)20-40 mL per 100 kg seed

Comments (Days to harvest, label precautions, etc.)
Use 20-40 mL for forage grasses.

Use 40 mL for alfalfa, clover, trefoil, and vetch.

Do not use in hopper-box, planter-box, slurry-box, or other non-commercial seed-treatment applications at or immediately before planting. Do not graze or feed livestock on seeded area for 4 weeks after planting. Read label for information on resistant strains of fungus.

metalaxyl – Allegiance FL, Apron FL
  Allegiance FL Apron FL
Active Ingredientmetalaxylmetalaxyl
Trade NameAllegiance FLApron FL
Rate(product)46-110 mL per 100 kg seed46-110 mL per 100 kg seed

Comments (Days to harvest, label precautions, etc.)
Do not graze or feed livestock on seeded area for 4 weeks after planting.


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