Before Blossoming, a Must!… Ulsan Agricultural Technology Center "How to Prevent Fire Blight in Fruit Trees First Phase"

Spray Pear and Apple Preventive Medicine Timely

Before the flowers bloom, a must!

The Ulsan Agricultural Technology Center (Director Shin Taeman) urged fruit growers cultivating pears and apples to apply preventive pesticides at the right time to prevent fire blight disease.

Currently, three types of fire blight control pesticides (Crush, Bion, Agrimycin) are supplied to pear and apple farms in Ulsan. The center explained that applying the pesticides once before flowering and twice during the flowering period has the greatest preventive effect.

They also emphasized that before flowering, the copper-based fungicide "Crush" should be applied, and during the flowering period, the resistance inducer "Bion" and the antibiotic "Agrimycin" should be applied sequentially. The exact spraying times by region can be found in the pre-flowering pesticide promotional materials provided with the pesticides.

In particular, Crush must be used alone, and if other pesticides need to be applied, an interval of about 7 days should be maintained. It is necessary to check the application timing and precautions for each pesticide.

The Ulsan Agricultural Technology Center plans to carry out "pre-flowering control" followed by "flowering period control" during the flowering season.

They will inform the spraying times according to regional flower infection risk forecasts and pesticide types to enhance the effectiveness of flowering period control.

A center official said, "Applying pesticides before flowering is essential to prevent fire blight disease," and added, "We ask for active participation in preventing the spread of fire blight disease through timely pesticide application and clean orchard management."

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