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MENNO Florades, effective against bacteria, fungi, viruses and viroidsMENNO Florades, effective against bacteria, fungi, viruses and viroids

Written by Dirk Timmers | Last update: 07-04-2021
Disinfection is an important topic for more and more crops. The decrease in curative products during the cultivation means that every opportunity should be taken to keep plant pathogens at bay. A clean start to cultivation plays a major role in this. Certification, food safety, environment and product liability also play a major role. MENNO Florades can be used in many ways by professional users and covers all aspects of responsible hygiene management.
Effectiveness of MENNO Florades
For the application as plant protection product in various countries (PPP), a series of studies were carried out with plant pathogens to substantiate the killing of the mentioned bacteria, fungi and viruses with the required concentrate.
Research shows that MENNO Florades has a killing effect against most plant pathogenic bacteria, fungi and viruses that cause problems in horticulture. And where necessary, new diseases are investigated.
Fungi
Fungi in many cases consist of generative and vegetative spores. The latter are generally relatively easy to combat. MENNO Florades also combats the generative spores (resting spores) of fungi due to its long-lasting effect. These resting spores are often very persistent.
MENNO Florades' strength as regards the effectiveness against plant viruses lies in the fact that it kills both viruses with and without a protein envelope, as the product gets to the core due to its long-lasting stability.
Disinfection
Disinfection should not be selection. The objective must be to effectively kill off all pathogens. Therefore, the longest possible contact time is recommended at all times. The longer the surface remains moist, the better the inactivation of pathogens occurs. Especially the killing of resting spores (generative phase of fungi) and viruses takes time. Because of their persistence, they can lead to a disease outbreak even after years.
Foam disinfection with Menno Florades
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Watch the video to see how MENNO Florades is applied.
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