The library · Fungicide

Fluxapyroxad

An SDHI used in leaf-disease premixes and seed treatments, often alongside a strobilurin.

Group
Fungicide Group 7
Family
Carboxamides
Formula
C18H12F5N3O
Molar mass
381.3 g/mol
You may know it as
Nexicor, Insure
In Canada
Mostly branded
FUNGICIDE · GROUP · 7

Structure: PubChem CID 16095400

How it kills

SDHI

Blocks energy production in the fungus at complex II of the mitochondria.

Stops spores germinating and fungi growing.

More on Group 7

Moves up with the water

Enters the plant and travels upward with the water stream. It protects new tissue above where it landed, not below.

Where it fits

In the season.

FallBurnoffSeedingEarly in-cropIn-cropFlag and bloomPre-harvestPost-harvest

Commonly used on

  • Leaf disease
  • Cereals
  • Seed rots

Good to know

  • Blends bring more than one group, which helps protect each active.
  • Best as a preventive.
  • A single-site mode of action, so stewardship matters.

Same group, same mode of action

Not a rotation partner.

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