Comet
- Manufacturer
- BASF
- Category
- Fungicides
- Registered until
- N/A
- Registration number
- 03696
- Active materials
- pyraclostrobin200 g/l
An emulsifi able concentrate containing 250 g/litre (23.8% w/w) pyraclostrobin.
Pyraclostrobin is a strobilurin fungicide.
A protectant fungicide with curative properties for use in winter wheat, winter barley, spring wheat, spring barley, winter oats and spring oats, rye and triticale.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE
Apply as a MEDIUM spray, as defined by BCPC.
WINTER and SPRING WHEAT, TRITICALE
Diseases: Yellow rust, Brown rust
Rate: 1.25l/ha
RYE
Diseases: Yellow rust, Brown rust, Rhynchosporium
Rate: 1.25l/ha
Critical comments: Maximum number of applications - 2 per season. Latest time of application: before watery ripe stage (GS 71).
WINTER and SPRING BARLEY
Diseases: Yellow rust, Brown rust, Net blotch, Rhynchosporium.
Rate: 1.25l/ha
WINTER and SPRING OATS
Diseases: Crown rust
Rate: 1.25l/ha
Critical comments: Maximum number of applications - 2 per season. Latest time of application: before end of heading (GS 59).
Time of Application
Apply Comet at the start of foliar disease attack. A maximum of two applications can be made up to and including flowering just complete in winter and spring wheat, rye and triticale and up to and including emergence of ear just complete in winter and spring barley and winter and spring oats.
Rate of Application
Apply 1 litre Comet in a minimum of 200 litres of water per hectare.
MIXING
Half fill the spray tank with clean water and start the agitation. SHAKE THE CONTAINER WELL before use and pour in the required amount of product.
Rinse any empty containers thoroughly and add rinsings to the spray tank. Add the remainder of the water and continue agitation until spraying is completed.
When tank mixes are to be used, each product should be added separately to the spray tank.
RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT
A maximum of 2 applications of any strobilurin type (QoI) product can be made to any cereal crop.
In cereals this product must always be applied in a mixture with an approved fungicide that has a different mode of action. Both products must be applied at recommended rates.
IMPORTANT NOTES
1. Avoid spray drift on to neighbouring crops.
2. Wash equipment thoroughly after use.
| Registered for cultures | Rate | BBCH |
|---|---|---|
| Winter wheat | 1.25 l | 0 - 71 |
| Spring wheat | 1.25 l | 0 - 71 |
| Spring rye | 1.25 l | 0 - 71 |
| Winter rye | 1.25 l | 0 - 71 |
| Winter triticale | 1.25 l | 0 - 71 |
| Spring triticale | 1.25 l | 0 - 71 |
| Spring barley | 1.25 l | 0 - 59 |
| Winter barley | 1.25 l | 0 - 59 |
| Spring oats | 1.25 l | 0 - 59 |
| Winter oats | 1.25 l | 0 - 59 |