Effect of spraying techniques on the brown rot of peach fruit,and on black spot,powdery mildew and the two-spotted mite of apple trees

Application by hand-held equipment of the commercially recommended doses of proprietary formulations of captan (9.0 g a. i. per tree), mancozeb (10.8 g a. i. per tree), oxythioquinox (1.1 g a. i. per tree), and cyhexatin (1.8 g a. i. per tree), in spray volumes ranging from 0.225 to 9.0 litres per tree, gave commercial control of the brown rot of peach fruit, and of black spot (apple scab), powdery mildew and the two-spotted mite (Tetranychus urticae) of apple trees. Commercial control was also obtained using a quarter of the recommended doses when applied in 0.225 or 2.25 litres per tree. The residue of oxythioquinox on the leaves, immediately after applying 1.1 g a. i. per tree, doubled as the volume of spray was reduced from 9.0 to 2.25 litres per tree, and increased further when the volume was reduced to 0.225 litres per tree. It is suggested that some of the oxythioquinox ran off the trees at the higher volumes, and that less run-off at lower volumes resulted in higher chemical residues.