Metalaxyl

Action:

Systemic Fungicide with Protective & Curative Action

Mode of Action:

Metalaxyl is a phenylamide fungicide with systemic function. It is a systemic fungicide used to control plant diseases caused by Oomycete fungi. For use as a seed treatment for control of systemic downy mildew, pythium seed rot, pythium damping-off and early season phytophthora diseases in conifers, nonbearing citrus, nonbearing deciduous fruits and nuts, ornamentals and turf, residential and greenhouse crops such as tobacco, ornamental plants, trees, shrubs and vines, and lawns and turf.

Chemical group:

acylalanine‏ ‏

Toxicological information:

Acute oral LD50 for rats: 633 mg/kg‎

Biochemistry:

Inhibits protein synthesis in fungi, by interference with the synthesis of ribosomal RNA.

Uses:

Dosage	Disease	Product Name
Seed treatment at a ratio of 2 per thousand	common bunt	Wheat
2 kg per thousand liters of water	Citrus rust mite	Citrus
2 kg per thousand liters of water	Red leaf blotch	Almonds
2 kg per hectare	Ascochyta Blight	Pea
2 kg per hectare	Downy mildew	Alfalfa
1-2 kg per hectare	Downy mildew	Tobacco
1.5-2 kg per thousand liters of water With adjuvant at a ratio of 0.5 per thousand water	Rust	clove