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Vortex is a systemic fungicide with protectant and curative properties for use in winter wheat, spring wheat, durum wheat, winter barley, spring barley, triticale, rye and oats.

 

This product may cause damage to broad-leaved plant species.

Extreme care must be taken to avoid drift onto nearby crops.

When applied to barley intended for malting, refer to the latest timing restrictions for epoxiconazole given by the British Beer and Pub Association.

No more than two applications of any QoI fungicide may be made to crops of wheat, barley, oats, rye or triticale.

Rate:Apply 3 litres of Vortex per hectare in 150 to 300 litres of water per hectare.

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Vortex should be used in accordance with the instructions for use for the target diseases at the specific growth stages indicated.

Use Vortex as part of an Integrated Crop Management (ICM) strategy incorporating other methods of control.

Vortex contains pyraclostrobin, a member of the QoI cross resistance group. Vortex should be used preventatively and should not be relied on for its curative potential. You must not apply more than two foliar applications of QoI containing products to any cereal crop.

When curative activity is needed apply QoI fungicides in mixture with a suitable dose of a curative fungicide from a different cross-resistance group. Vortex meets this requirement as it contains epoxiconazole and fluxapyroxad. To ensure the effectiveness of the epoxiconazole and fluxapyroxad components as a partner, Vortex should always be applied at the full recommended rate.

Vortex contains epoxiconazole, a DMI fungicide. Resistance to some DMI fungicides has been identified in Septoria leaf blotch (Mycosphaerella graminicola) which may seriously affect the performance of some products. For further advice on resistance management in DMIs contact your agronomist or specialist advisor and visit the FRAG-UK website.

Strains of barley powdery mildew resistant to QoI’s are common in the UK.

Vortex contains fluxapyroxad which belongs to the SDHI (carboxamide) group of fungicides.

To minimise the risk of resistance occurring, apply a maximum of two SDHI fungicide sprays per cereal crop.

 

Vortex is a systemic fungicide with protectant and curative properties for use in winter wheat, spring wheat, durum wheat, winter barley, spring barley, triticale, rye and oats.

Apply Vortex 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, durum wheat, rye and triticale and up to and including emergence of ear just complete in winter and spring barley and oats.

For optimum effect against eyespot with Vortex apply between the leaf sheaths erect and second node detectable stages of the crop.

For protection against Fusarium ear blight and sooty mould on the ears of winter and spring wheat, and durum wheat apply Vortex during ear emergence.

Vortex may be applied at 3.0 litres per hectare in 100 litres water per hectare, although efficacy at this reduced volume has not been evaluated. Therefore application at 100 litres water per hectare is at user’s risk with regard to biological efficacy.

 

After treating a cereal crop with Vortex, cabbage, carrot, clover, dwarf French beans, field beans, lettuce, maize, oats, oilseed rape, onions, peas, potatoes, ryegrass, sugar beet, sunflower, winter barley and winter wheat may be sown as the following crop. The effect of Vortex on other following crops has not been assessed.

 

Apply as a MEDIUM spray, as defined by BCPC.

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.