Gowan copper fungicides look to the future with growing conviction, confirming themselves as reliable technical references in phytosanitary defense, also to the advantage of anti-resistance strategies.
In the face of the progressive impoverishment of active substances with multi-site action, the technical value of copper is further gaining ground in phytosanitary defense programs. For over a century and a half, agriculture has been able to count on the effectiveness of this metal, which follows multiple control pathways to combat pathogens, altering various metabolic functions.
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For example, it interferes with the protein structures present in cell membranes. Positively charged copper ions bind to the thiol groups of structural proteins and enzymes, causing their denaturation and disintegration. This in turn interferes with the transport of energy and the integrity of the fungal cell membrane, compromising its function as a selective barrier for everything that enters and exits the cell.
Each copper salt has its own specific technical characteristics. In fact, copper-based formulations can be found on the market in the form of tribasic or neutralized sulphate, the latter also known as Bordeaux mixture.
Two other forms with particularly widespread use are those in which copper is present as oxychloride or hydroxide, the first more persistent, the second more rapid and resolute in action. For these reasons, the two salts are often marketed in the form of balanced mixtures. All these technical solutions find space in the Gowan copper range, starting with “Airone Liquido” and “Airone Più”, both mixtures of copper hydroxide and oxychloride, respectively formulated in concentrated suspension or with the innovative Wg “fluid bed” technology. These solutions are also available with the brands “Grifon 280 Liquido” and “Grifon Più”.
Products and solutions
Products that contain only one type of copper are instead “Assoram Elite 20 Wdg”, based on copper hydroxide, to which “Basiram Elite” and “Hattrick 30 Wg” correspond, two formulations containing tribasic sulphate at different concentrations. In the form of neutralized sulphate, copper is contained in “Bussola Wg Blu” and “Bussola Wg Nc”, both formulated as water-dispersible granules.
The same formulation also characterizes “Iperion”, “Cuproram 35 Wg Blu” and “Cuproram 35 Wg Nc”, all based on copper oxychloride. Finally, the 12 products based on copper alone are joined by “Electis R Flow”, in which tribasic copper sulphate is combined with zoxamide, a synthetic active substance with strong resistance to leaching, to create an ideal formulation especially for protecting vine bunches.
Each formulation obviously has its own specific label in terms of crops, spectrum of action and dosages, allowing you to find the ideal solution in the Gowan copper-based catalogue to satisfy the multiple phytosanitary needs of modern agriculture.
Title: With Gowan copper-based fungicides, all-round phytosanitary defense
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