Contra Ache™

Overview

Contraache is a fungicide from Agritas, built on the Phenylamide chemistry. It is used against late blight, early blight, downy mildew, leaf spots, damping off, root rot. Registered use on brinjal, cabbage, chili, melon, onion, potato. 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

Metalaxyl + Mencozeb 72% WP

Type

Fungicide

Chemical group

Dithiocarbamate (multi-site) + Phenylamide

Pack size

250 gm

Controls

Recommended crops

Mode of action

Contra Ache™ is a fungicide for control of late blight, Downey Mildew for Potato, Tomato, Onion, Tobacco, Citrus, Melon & Cucumber etc.
Metalaxyl moves inside the plant and provides systemic protection.
Mancozeb forms a protective layer on the plant surface.
Helps stop the development and spread of fungal diseases.
Protects healthy plant parts from further infection.

Dose & application

1 kg/acre (60-80g per 20 liter)

Use according to the crop, target disease and registered label recommendation.
Avoid unnecessary repeated applications to reduce the risk of fungicide resistance.
Follow proper safety precautions and pre-harvest interval mentioned on the product label.

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 a mask while mixing, since the powder is easily breathed in. 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.