Nufarm’s Cuproxate Flowable is a copper-based contact fungicide, widely used in agriculture to combat fungal and bacterial diseases.
🔬 Active substance
- 190 g/l copper (as tribasic copper sulfate)
👉 This form allows:
- rapid + gradual release of copper ions
- high efficiency with low risk of phytotoxicity
⚙️ Product type
- Contact fungicide (not systemic)
- Formulation: SC / Flowable (liquid)
- Very good adhesion to leaves (no glue required)
🎯 What diseases does it combat?
Very effective against:
- Manna (tomato, potato, cucumber, grapevine)
- Blight
- Bacteriosis (bacterial burns)
- Moniliosis, scab on fruit trees
🌱 Crops where it is used
- Vegetables: tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, onions
- Potato
- Grapevine
- Fruit trees (apple, plum, peach, etc.)
- Ornamental plants
⚡ Mode of action
- Copper acts by contact
- Destroys fungal spores and bacteria on the plant surface
- Does not enter the plant → preventive effect
👉 Important:
✔ works best before the disease occurs
✅ Advantages
- Broad spectrum (fungi + bacteria)
- Does not create resistance
- Also allowed in organic farming
- Good for early and late season treatments
Important recommendations
- Preventive application or at the first symptoms
- Do not mix with oil-based products (risk of phytotoxicity)
- Repeat treatment every 7–10 days depending on disease pressure
- Respect the doses (e.g. 3–5 l/ha in most crops)
