Acrobat Complete - Metiram 44% + Dimethomorph 9% WG - BASF

Why Choose This Product? Key Benefits

• 🧩  Two actives in one pack: Metiram and dimethomorph are supplied in a ready combination.
  
• 🛡️  Surface protection: Metiram provides multi-site contact activity against susceptible pathogens.
  
• 🍃  Cell-wall action: Dimethomorph adds a different mode of action against susceptible oomycetes.
  
• 💧  Water-dispersible granules: The formulation is designed to disperse in spray water.
  
• 🍇  Crop-specific disease control: Listed uses cover grape and cucumber downy mildew and the specified potato and tomato blights.
  

Technical Specifications

How It Works: Mode of Action

Acrobat Complete combines a multi-site contact fungicide with a carboxylic acid amide (CAA) fungicide.

1. Protect the treated surface: Metiram interferes with multiple processes in susceptible pathogens.
   
2. Disrupt cell-wall formation: Dimethomorph inhibits cellulose synthase in susceptible oomycetes.
   
3. Limit disease development: The complementary actions help protect the treated crop against the diseases listed below.
   

The mixture does not remove the need for resistance management. Follow label limits and rotate with appropriate different mode-of-action groups.

Target Crops & Diseases

Dosage & Application Guide

The amounts and harvest restrictions below are separate crop references, not complete application schedules. For grapes, the supplied pack must clarify the first application stage before treatment; do not combine the stage descriptions into an assumed calendar.

Grape downy mildew: amounts and timing to confirm

Leaflet amount and water: 2,500 g/ha (approximately 1,012 g/acre) in 1,000 L/ha of water (approximately 405 L/acre). The manufacturer’s crop overview separately lists 1,000 g/acre. Keep these stated references distinct; do not turn them into a per-litre or tank recipe.

When to begin: Confirm the exact grape crop stage and disease conditions for the first application on your current supplied pack before treatment. Do not assume a fixed calendar or begin from a crop-stage or symptom cue alone.

Method and harvest safeguard: The grape leaflet specifies foliar application with a knapsack or high-volume sprayer. Leave at least 66 days between the final grape treatment and harvest. These method and harvest facts do not resolve the first-stage question.

For grapes, apply preferably in the morning or evening, avoid high wind and allow at least five rain-free hours after application. The grape leaflet specifies 2–3 sprays depending on disease pressure and worker re-entry after 24 hours. These limits do not set a repeat interval or authorize transfer to another crop.

Potato: late blight: The manufacturer’s amount reference is 1,000 g/acre, with at least 11 days between the final treatment and harvest. Obtain the crop-specific water volume, first application timing and application method from the supplied pack before treatment; this is not a complete spray recipe.

Tomato: early and late blight: The manufacturer’s amount reference is 1,000 g/acre for these listed diseases, with at least 10 days between final treatment and harvest. The matching water, first timing and method still need the supplied pack’s directions; do not transfer the grape programme.

Cucumber: downy mildew: The manufacturer’s amount reference is 1,000 g/acre, with at least 24 days between final treatment and harvest. Confirm the supplied pack’s water, first timing and method before use; no complete cucumber spray recipe is supplied here.

PHI is the minimum time from the final treatment to harvest. Harvest, worker re-entry and repeat-treatment restrictions are separate; do not assume a missing interval is zero. Grape acre figures are approximate conversions of the original hectare quantities. No fixed per-litre or tank dose is provided.

How to Apply: Best Practices

• Grape timing: Confirm the exact first-application crop stage and disease conditions on your current supplied pack before treating grapes. Do not infer a calendar or begin from a crop-stage or symptom cue alone.
  
• Mixing and coverage: For the grape programme, first disperse the measured product in a small amount of water, then add the remaining water with agitation. Apply with a knapsack or high-volume sprayer.
  
• Weather: For grapes, apply in the morning or evening, avoiding strong wind. The leaflet calls for at least five rain-free hours after application.
  
• Grape spray limits: The leaflet specifies 2–3 sprays according to disease pressure and re-entry after 24 hours. Follow the supplied pack for other crops.
  
• Protect water: Do not apply near water bodies or fish-culture areas.
  

Use any proposed mixture only if both current product labels permit it for the crop and method. Do not substitute another brand, concentration or overseas directions. Record the crop, field, date and product amount. Observe the matching harvest, worker-entry and repeat restrictions before the next operation, and follow the pack’s weather precautions; do not assume an unlisted rainfast interval.

Frequently Asked Questions

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