SCOOTER 250 EC

Introduction

Scooter 250 EC is a broad-spectrum foliar fungicide. It is systemic, moving upwards in plants.

As a foliar fungicide spray, Scooter 250 EC controls a wide range of pathogens, including rusts, powdery mildew, fruit scab, and other leaf spots. It may be used on ornamentals. It has low application rates, and excellent residual action.

Flexible timing of application and curative activity makes Scooter 250 EC particularly suited to integrated approaches to disease control for application where forecasting or disease warning systems are used.

Scooter 250 EC offers the following features:

• Control of many major diseases on a range of crops
• Excellent protectant as well as strong curative activity
• Outstanding control of rusts and blight
• Suitability for integrated disease control programmes (IPM)

Formulation

Scooter 250 EC is formulated as an emulsifiable concentrate containing 250 g/l of the active ingredient difenoconazole. It can be readily mixed with a range of partners.

Spectrum of activity

Scooter 250 EC can be used in a wide range of crop/disease situations.

Mode of action

The active ingredient difenoconazole is a triazole that interferes with the biosynthesis of sterols which are key structural components in the fungal cell membrane, blocking demethylation, causing membrane disruption, and stopping fungal development.

Difenoconazole is rapidly absorbed into vegetative parts of plants and is systemically distributed upwards through the plant via the xylem. The systemic activity of SCOOTER 250 EC gives good curative properties and excellent protection from infection.