Rhume™

Overview

Rhume is a fungicide from Agritas, built on the Chloronitrile (multi-site) chemistry. It is used against rusts, blights, downy & powdery mildew, anthracnose, leaf spots. Registered use on chili, melon, onion, potato, squash, tomato. Agritas supplies it through the Haryali Markaz network, where the staff know which pests and diseases are moving in your district this week and can tell you whether this is the right product for what you are actually seeing in the field.

Composition

Chlorothalonil + Azoxystrobin 56% SC

Type

Fungicide

Chemical group

Strobilurin (QoI) + Chloronitrile (multi-site)

Pack size

300 ml

Controls

Recommended crops

Mode of action

Rhume™ is a systemic fungicide that is adsorbed quickly by the roots and translocated through the xylem to the stems and leaves, or through leaf surface to the leaf tips and growing edges. It inhibits spore germination, mycelial growth, and the spore production of fungi.

Dose & application

250 ml per hectare

Use as per direction of the consultant.

Why it pays

Disease does not take yield evenly — it takes the leaves that fill the grain. Protecting the upper canopy through grain filling is worth more than any spray applied after the spots have spread, and it costs the same bottle.

Field tips

Get it on before the disease, not after. A protectant sprayed onto clean leaf is doing its job; the same product sprayed onto spotted leaf is mostly protecting the leaf that has not been hit yet.

Watch the sky. Rain within two hours of spraying washes most of it off, and a second application on the same day is money spent twice.

Clear the old crop residue. Most of the disease that arrives next season overwintered in the stubble lying in the field.

Safety

Wear gloves and eye protection while measuring and mixing, since the concentrate splashes easily. Spray when rain is not expected for at least six hours, or the product washes off before it works. Do not eat, drink or smoke while spraying, and wash your clothes separately.