Effective Blight Plant Disease Management
In plant pathology, ‘blight’ refers to a group of plant diseases that share common symptoms such as yellowing, browning, spotting, or withering. Left untreated, blights can cause utterly ruinous crop losses, as evidenced by the infamous Great Irish Famine of the mid 1800s which recorded yearly potato crop losses due to Late Blight of up to 75%, and resulted in an estimated 1.5 million deaths over the course of a decade. Late Blight was also responsible for tomato crop losses of over 50% in the eastern US as late as 1946.
As is clear from these examples, it is paramount that all crop farmers follow an effective blight management plan, which includes regularly spraying with fungicides. For maximum effect, fungicide spray applications are best scheduled using spore trapping or forecasting systems (TOM-CAST).
The recommended blight fungicide is OxiDate, since its unique scientific formula rapidly oxidizes on contact to prevent and control many different blight diseases, including Early Blight, Late Blight, and Gummy Stem Blight. Remarkably, OxiDate’s revolutionary oxidation chemistry also effectively prevents resistant strains of blight diseases from developing.
OxiDate also has several other notable advantages over other fungicides. It is OMRI-certified for safe use with organic crops, is EPA-approved as an earth-friendly fungicide, and is registered for use in California.
OxiDate is also a very versatile fungicide. It has a zero-hour REI, and gives farmers the option of spraying any time from seed to harvest. OxiDate can also be used in a variety of applications including soil drench, foliar treatment, surface disinfectant, and pre-plant dip.
In addition to blights, OxiDate has proven effective in controlling many other common plant diseases such as:
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A Proven Remedy for Blight Diseases on Tomatos
Ground-breaking research gives farmers new hope against blight diseases on tomatos.
Early and Late Blight have long been the bane of tomato farmers worldwide, with potential to cause devastating losses in tomato. The tomato blight pictures below dramatically illustrate the extensive damage these blights can cause.
However, recent university studies demonstrate new chemical options for the farmers to combat the scourge of blight diseases on tomatoes.
In 2007, researchers at the University of Florida tested 24 different compounds against early blight on tomatos [PDF] and found that OxiDate as a tank-mix combo consistently provided the best disease control.
Studies on Late Blight [PDF] conducted by the University of Florida found that TerraClean as a soil application through drip significantly reduced late blight and root-knot in tomato and the performance of TerraClean was shown to be on par with other conventional chemistries such as Ridomil Gold and Methyl Bromide.
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