Relative effectiveness of some currently registered fungicides/bactericides for control of cucurbit diseases (- = no control, F = fair, G=good, E=excellent, X=not labeled).

 

 

 

 

 

Fungicide/bactericide

Anthracnose

Alternaria

Leaf spot

Bacterial fruit blotch

Bacterial leaf spot

Cercospora

leaf spot

Downy mildew

Gummy stem

Blight

Phytophthora blight

Powdery mildew

azoxystrobin

(Quadris)

G

E

-

-

E

F

E

-

G

chlorothalonil

(Bravo, etc.)

G-E

E

-

-

E

G-E

G-E

-

F

fixed copper

(Kocide, etc)

F

F

F-G

?

F

F

F

-

F

fosetyl-AL

(Aliette)

-

-

-

-

-

F

-

-

F

maneb

(Maneb, etc)

G

G

-

-

G

F-G

G

-

F

mancozeb

(Dithane, etc.)

G

G

-

-

G

F-G

G

-

F

mancozeb+fixed copper

(ManKocide)

F-G

G

F

?

F-G

F-G

G

-

F

mefenoxam

(Ridomil Gold, etc)

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

F

-

mefenoxam + chlorothalonil

(Ridomil/Gold Bravo, etc.)

G

G

-

-

G

G

G

F

F

mefenoxam + mancozeb

(Ridomil/Gold MZ)

G

G

-

-

G

F-G

F

F

F

mefenoxam + fixed copper

(Ridomil Gold Copper)

F

-

F

?

F

F-G

F

F

F

myclobutanil

(Nova)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

E

sulfur

(Microthiol, etc)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

G-E

thiophanate methyl+mancozeb

(Topsin M + Dithane, etc)

G-E

G

-

-

E

G

G

-

G

trifloxystrobin

(Flint)

G

?

-

-

?

F

F

-

E