TITAN

COPPER
HYDROXIDE
Titan Copper Hydroxide is an easy-to-use copper
fungicide for protection against fungal and bacterial
diseases in vegetables, fruit, and a range of other
crops. It provides strong disease control in with
reduced rates compared to other copper products.

KEY FEATURES
• Organic Certification – Approved by Ecocert
• High quality water dispersible granule
• Registered for use on an extensive range of crops
• Low dust
• Good compatibility and mixability
• Excellent protection against a broad range of diseases
• Fungicide MOA Group M1

AT A GLANCE
Almonds, Apples, Avocados, Apricots, Cherries, Citrus, Lychee,
Macadamias, Mangos, Nectarines, Peaches, Pears, Plums,
Vines, Walnuts, Kiwifruit, Passionfruit, Pecans, Tropical Fruit,
CROPS: Bananas, Beans, Faba beans, Brassicas, Capsicums, Carrots,
Celery, Cucurbits, Lettuce, Onions, Parsnip, Peas, Potatoes, Red
beet, Rhubarb, Silver beet, Spinach, Tomatoes, Tobacco seed
beds, Ornamentals
FORMULATION: Water-dispersible granule (WG)

ACTIVE INGREDIENT: Copper Hydroxide 400 g/L

DISEASE SPECTRUM

CONTROL OF: Shotthole, Leaf curl, Black spot, Anthracnose, Bacterial gummosis, Freckle,
*see product Smoky blotch, Scab (lemons), Parasitic algae, Husk spot, Pink limb blight,
label for Downy mildew, Walnut blight, Phytophthora stem canker, Cercospora leaf
specific crops spot, Melanose, Common blight, Halo blight, Bacterial brown spot, Rust,
and situations* Chocolate spot, Black rot, Leaf spot, Ring spot, Bacterial canker, Bacterial
soft rot, Angular leaf spot, Target spot/Early blight, Crown rot, Bacterial
speck, Septoria leaf spot, Irish blight/Late blight, Wildfire

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DILUTE SPRAYING: While most mixing systems will produce good results, it is very important to:
• Fill the spray tank with good quality water.
NOZZLE SIZE
Apply using a sprayer fitted with cone • With the agitation system operating, pour the required quantity of Titan Copper
nozzles operated at pressures that Hydroxide into the spray tank in a steady stream.
produce a MEDIUM to FINE spray. • DO NOT pre-mix Titan Copper Hydroxide with water prior to adding to the spray tank.
• If other pesticides are being used, fully mix the Titan Copper Hydroxide in the spray
COVERAGE tank before adding other products.
Use a sprayer that is designed to apply
high volumes of water to the point • Sprays containing Titan Copper Hydroxide should be used within three hours of
of run-off. Thorough coverage of the preparation.
plant is essential for maximum product • Maintain constant agitation.
effectiveness.

SPRAY VOLUMES
With plants such a vegetables, spray
volumes must be increased as the
plants grow.

SPRAYER CONFIGURATION
The configuration of the sprayer may
INTEGRATED DISEASE MANAGEMENT
need to be altered as the plants grow and
change shape. Resistance to M1 fungicides may exist through normal genetic variability in any fungal
population. The resistant individuals can eventually dominate the fungal population if
these fungicides are used repeatedly and resistant fungi will not be controlled by this
CONCENTRATE SPRAYING: product or other Group M1 fungicides, thus resulting in a reduction in efficacy and possible
yield loss. Use this product as part of an integrated disease management program
EQUIPMENT involving fungicides with other modes of action and non-chemical methods of control.
Use a sprayer that is designed and set
up for concentrate spraying.

PRODUCT RATES
Determine an appropriate dilute spray
volume (See Dilute Spaying above)
for the crop canopy by referring to the
calculation on the product label.
ANALYSIS RESULTS
SPRAYER CONFIGURATION
The configuration of the sprayer may
need to be altered as the plants grow and PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS
change shape. When looking at particle
size analysis, Median
particle size depicts the
average particle size
and Particle size range
depicts the upper end of
the particle distribution
(a representation of the
LIMITING FACTORS largest particles within
the curve). In both cases
the smaller the number,
Copper is generally recognised as a the smaller the particle
very consistent and reliable product, size. Smaller particle As seen above, Titan Ag Copper Hydroxide 400 WG
but it cannot be taken for granted. size allows for greater demonstrates a smaller particle size range meaning the
Under some conditions, it may not product has a more uniform particle size.
product efficacy.
produce the even and extended
results you expect. Those conditions
include: WETTABILITY
When measuring
• When Titan Copper Hydroxide is product wettability
not properly dispersed and kept using the CIPAC 53.3
in suspension in the spray tank. method, the sample of
• If applied during the hottest part product is weighed and
of the day when temperatures dropped into a beaker
are expected to exceed 35°C. at a specific height
• When rain falls after application then timed for complete
and spray has not yet dried. wetting. Products that
take longer for complete
• When applied to wet crops.
wetting have a higher As seen above, Titan Copper Hydroxide has the fastest
• When thorough plant coverage wettability time. wettability out of the three comparable products tested.
is not achieved.

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