The library · Fungicide
Thiabendazole
A benzimidazole seed-treatment active, mainly in corn and soybean seed blends.
- Group
- Fungicide Group 1
- Family
- Benzimidazoles
- Formula
- C10H7N3S
- Molar mass
- 201.25 g/mol
- You may know it as
- Apron Advance
- In Canada
- Some generics
Structure: PubChem CID 5430
How it kills
MBC fungicides
Binds tubulin in the fungal cell, so the cell cannot divide.
Holds back fungi on and around treated seed.
Coated on the seed, forming a protected zone around the seedling as it germinates.
Where it fits
In the season.
Commonly used on
- Seed rots
Good to know
- Almost always one part of a multi-active blend.
- A single-site mode of action with a long resistance history, so it is normally blended with other groups.