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Description:ISO 1750 (approved)
IUPAC: (RS)-2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)hexan-2-ol
CAS:79983-71-4
Formula: C14H17Cl2N3O
Activity: fungicides (conazole fungicides)

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Hexaconazole APPLICATIONS
Biochemistry Inhibits ergosterol biosynthesis (steroid demethylation inhibitor). Mode of action Systemic fungicide with protective and curative action. Uses Control of many fungi, particularly Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes, e.g. Podosphaera leucotricha and Venturia inaequalis on apples, Guignardia bidwellii and Uncinula necator on vines, Hemileia vastatrix on coffee, and Cercospora spp. on peanuts, at 15-250 g/ha. Also used on bananas, cucurbits, peppers and other crops. Phytotoxicity Non-phytotoxic when used as directed. Some injury noted on McIntosh apples. Formulation types OL; SC; SG.

Hexaconazole ANALYSIS
Product by gc and FID. Residues by gc with either NPD, thermionic or ECD detection. See K. J. Harradine et al., in Comp. Anal. Profiles, Chapt. 2.

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