Horticulture Research Station

Effects of Surfactant Combinations with Captan for Control of Apple Fruit Rots and Russeting

Authors: Hafizi Bin Rosli (Iowa State University) , Mark L. Gleason (Iowa State University) , Jean C. Batzer (Iowa State University)

Abstract

Surfactants are adjuvants that lower the surface tension between two liquids or between a liquid and a solid. Surfactants can improve efficacy of fungicides on crops and could reduce the rate and number of fungicide applications. Combining fungicides and surfactants may increase the efficacy of existing control options. However, since some fungicide-surfactant combinations have been reported to cause phytotoxicity, these compounds should be screened. This is the first year of a two-year study to evaluate commercial surfactants+captan for control of apple fruit rot and phytotoxicity.

Keywords: Plant Pathology and Microbiology

How to Cite: Rosli, H. B. , Gleason, M. L. & Batzer, J. C. (2014) “Effects of Surfactant Combinations with Captan for Control of Apple Fruit Rots and Russeting”, Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms Progress Reports. 2013(1).