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Cereals: Wheat: Fusarium Crown and Foot Rot (Fusarium graminearum, F. culmorum, F. pseudogarminearum)

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 04 July 2005
Last Reviewed: 15 June 2009
Pub 812: Field Crop Protection Guide > Chapter 4: Cereals > Wheat: Fusarium Crown and Foot Rot

Excerpt from Chapter 4, Field Crop Protection Guide, Order this publication

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  1. Integrated Pest Management Options
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Integrated Pest Management Options

Cool, dry soils are favourable for disease development. Delay planting until conditions will result in a rapid and uniform emergence. Avoid planting after corn and maintain a balanced fertility program.

Seed Treatment

difenoconazole + metalaxyl-M – Dividend XL RTA
Active ingredient difenoconazole + metalaxyl-M
Trade name Dividend XL RTA
Rate (product) 325-650 mL per 100 kg seed

Comments (Days to harvest, label precautions, etc.)
For suppression only. For both commercial seed treatment plants and on-farm treatment using standard gravity flow- or mist-type seed treatment equipment. May also be used in treat-on-the-go seeder. Do not graze, feed green forage or cut for hay within 35 days of planting.

 

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