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Bordeaux Mixture exporter and stockist in India, Oman and the Middle East. We are keeping ready stock of materials to complete our regular customer demand locally and globally.
Bordeaux Mixture is a combination of hydrated lime and copper sulfate.
Uses of Bordeaux
| Classification | Applications |
| Agriculture | |
| Major uses | Preparation of Bordeaux and Burgundy mixtures for use as fungicides |
| Manufacture of other copper fungicides such as copper-lime dust, tribasic | |
| copper sulphate, copper carbonate and cuprous oxide | |
| Manufacture of insecticides such as copper arsenite and Paris green | |
| Control of fungus diseases (see below) | |
| Correction of copper deficiency in soils | |
| Correction of copper deficiency in animals | |
| Growth stimulant for fattening pigs and broiler chickens | |
| Molluscicide for the destruction of slugs and snails, particularly the snail host of the liver fluke | |
| Other uses | Seed dressing |
| Soil steriliser, e.g. Cheshunt compound (a mixture of copper sulphate and ammonium carbonate) to prevent "damping-off" disease of tomato, etc. | |
| Control and prevention of foot rot in sheep and cattle | |
| Bacteriastat for addition to sheep dips | |
| Disinfectant in prevention of the spread of swine erysepelas and white scours in calves | |
| Control of scum in farm ponds | |
| Plant nutrient in rice fields | |
| Preservative for wooden posts, wooden buildings, etc. | |
| Preservative for wooden fruit boxes, planting baskets and other containers | |
| Ingredient of vermin repellents, e.g. for application to bark of trees against rabbits | |
| Stimulant of latex yield on rubber plantations | |
| Protection against algal growths on flower pots | |
| Public Health and Medicine | |
| Destruction of algal blooms in reservoirs and swimming pools | |
| Prevention of the spread of athletes foot in warm climates, by incorporation in the flooring mixture of swimming baths | |
| Control of bilharzia in tropical countries, as a molluscicide | |
| Prevention of malaria, in the preparation of Paris green for use against mosquito larvae | |
| Antiseptic and germicide against fungus infections | |
| Catalyst or raw material for the preparation of copper catalysts used in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products | |
| Industry | |
| Adhesives | Preservative in casein and other glues |
| Additive to bookbinding pastes and glues, for insecticidal purposes | |
| Additive to animal and silicate glues to give water resistance | |
| Building | Timber preservative and in the preparation of other wood preservatives, e.g. oil based copper naphthenates and water based copper/chrome/arsenic for the |
| prevention of woodworms and wood rots | |
| Ingredient of plaster to prevent fungus infection, e.g. to prevent the spread of dry rot | |
| Ingredient of concrete, both as a colouring matter and as an antiseptic, e.g. for use in and around swimming pools | |
| Modification of the setting of concrete | |
| Protection against lichens, moulds and similar growths on asbestos cement roofing and other building materials | |
| Control of the growth of tree roots in sewers | |
| Chemical | Preparation of catalysts for use in many industries |
| Purification of gases, e.g. removal of hydrogen chloride and hydrogen sulphide | |
| Precipitation promoter in purifying zinc sulphate solutions | |
| Precipitation of alkaloids as double salts from crude extracts | |
| Source of other copper compounds such as copper carbonate silicate/arsenite/ | |
| aceto-arsenite/resinate/stearate/tartrate/oleate naphthenate/chromate/chlorate | |
| /alginate/fluoride/hydroxide, cuprous oxide/chloride/cyanide and | |
| cuprammonium compounds | |
| Decorative trades | Colouring glass |
| Colouring cement and plaster | |
| Colouring ceramic wares | |
| Alteration of metal colours, e.g. darkening of zinc, colouring aluminium | |
| Dyestuffs | Reagent in the preparation of dyestuffs intermediates |
| Catalyst or raw material for the preparation of copper catalysts, e.g. preparation of phenols from diazo compounds, preparation of phthalocyanine dyes | |
| Leather and | Mordant in dyeing |
| Reagent in tanning processes | |
| Metal and | Electrolyte in copper refining |
| electrical | Electrolyte in copper plating and electro forming |
| Electrolytic manufacture of cuprous compounds, e.g. cuprous oxide | |
| Constituent of the electrodes and electrolytes in batteries | |
| Electrolyte in the manufacture of copper powder | |
| Electrolyte in aluminium plating and anodising | |
| Copper coating steel wire, prior to wire drawing | |
| Pickling copper wire, etc., prior to enamelling | |
| Providing a suitable surface for marking out iron and steel | |
| Mining | Flotation reagent in the concentration of ores, e.g. zinc blende |
| Paint | Raw material for the manufacture of copper naphthenate and other copper compounds for use in anti-fouling paints |
| Preparation of certain varnish or paint dryers, e.g. copper oleate, copper stearate | |
| Preparation of certain pigments, e.g. copper chromate, copper ferrocyanide, copper phthalocyanine | |
| Printing | Etching agent for process engraving |
| Electrolyte in the preparation of electrotype | |
| Ingredient of printing inks | |
| Synthetic rubber | Preparation of catalysts used in cracking certain gaseous and liquid petroleum |
| and petroleum | Fractions |
| Preparation of cuprous chloride, used in the purification of butadiene and in the separation of acetylene derivatives | |
| Preparation of catalysts used in chlorinating rubber latex | |
| Purification of petroleum oils | |
| Textiles | Preparation of copper compounds for rot-proofing canvas and other fabrics |
| Rot-proofing sandbags | |
| Mordant, especially in calico printing | |
| Cuprammonium process for the production of rayon | |
| Production of aniline black and diazo colours for dyeing | |
| "After coppering" to increase the fastness of dyes | |
| Catalyst in the manufacture of cellulose ethers and in cellulose acetylation | |
| Miscellaneous | Improving the burning qualities of coke |
| Laboratory analytical work | |
| Ingredient of laundry marking ink | |
| Dyeing of hair and horn | |
| Ingredient of hair dyes of the phenylene diamine or pyrogallol type | |
| Preparation of chlorophyll as a colouring material for food stuffs | |
| Imparting a green colour in fireworks | |
| Activator in the preparation of active carbons | |
| Preservative for wood pulp | |
| Preservation of fishing nets and hides on trawls | |
| Obtaining a blue-black finish on steel | |
| Treatment of carbon brushes | |
| Ingredient of the solution used for preserving plant specimens in their natural colours | |
| Impregnation in fruit wrapping papers to prevent storage rots |
| Disease | ||
| Plant | Common name | Pathogen |
| Almond | Shot hole | Clasterosporium carpophilum |
| Rust | Puccinia pruni-spinosae | |
| Blossom wilt | Sclerotinia laxa and Sclerotinia fructigena | |
| Leaf curl | Taphrina deformans | |
| Aloe | Anthracnose | Colletotrichum agaves |
| Antirrhinum | Rust | Puccinia antirrhini |
| Apple | Pink disease | Corticium salmonicolor |
| Fireblight | Erwinia amylovora | |
| Bitter rot | Glomerella cingulata | |
| Canker | Nectria galligena | |
| Blotch | Phyllosticta solitaria | |
| Black rot | Physalospora obtusa | |
| Blossom wilt | Sclerotinia laxa | |
| Scab | Venturia inaequalis | |
| Apricot | Shot hole | Clasterosporium carpophilum |
| Rust | Puccinia pruni-spinosae | |
| Blossom wilt | Sclerotinia laxa and Sclerotinia fructigena | |
| Areca Nut | Thread blight | Corticium koleroga |
| Arrowroot | Banded leaf blight | Corticium solani |
| Artichoke (Globe) | Ramularia cynarae | |
| Asparagus | Rust | Puccinia asparagi |
| Avocado | Fruit spot | Cercospora purpurea |
| Anthracnose (Black spot) | Glomerella cingulata | |
| Bacterial rot | Pseudomonas syringae | |
| Scab | Sphaceloma perseae | |
| Azalea | Flower spot | Ovulinia azaleae |
| Banana | Black rot (Die back) | Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Helminthosporiosis | Helminthosporium sp. | |
| Sigatoka disease (Leaf spot) | Mycosphaerella musicola | |
| Barley | Snow damage | Typhula itoana |
| Covered smut | Ustilago hordei | |
| Bean (Broad) | Leaf spot | Asochyta pisi |
| Chocolate spot | Botrytis cinerea | |
| Rust | Uromyces fabae | |
| Bean (French and Runner) | Anthracnose | Colletotrichum lindemuthianum |
| Powdery mildew | Erysiphe polygoni | |
| Halo blight | Pseudomonas medicaginis var phaseolicola | |
| Rust | Uromyces appendiculatus | |
| Common blight | Xanthomonas phaseoli | |
| Begonia | Mildew | Oidium begoniae |
| Betel | Leaf spot | Bacterium betle |
| Leaf spot | Glomeralla cingulata | |
| Foot rot | Phytophthora colocasiae | |
| Leaf rot | Phytophthora parasitica | |
| Blackberry | Cane spot | Elsinoe veneta |
| Blueberry | Powdery mildew | Microsphaera alni var. vaccinii |
| Leaf rust | Pucciniastrum myrtilli | |
| Fruit rot | Sclerotinia vaccinii-corymbosi | |
| Brassicas | Damping off | Oipidium brassicae |
| Downy mildew | Peronospora parasitica | |
| Black leg (Canker) | Phoma lingam | |
| Black rot | Xanthomonas campestris | |
| Cacao | Brown pod rot (Die back) | Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Witches' broom | Marasmius perniciosus | |
| Black pod rot | Phytophthora palmivora | |
| Calendula | Leaf spot | Cercospora calendulae |
| Carnation | Ring spot | Didymellina dianthi |
| Leaf spot | Septoria dianthi | |
| Rust | Uromyces dianthi | |
| Carrot | Blight | Alternaria dauci |
| Bacterial soft rot | Bacterium carotovorum | |
| Leaf spot | Cercospora carotae | |
| Cassava | Leaf spot | Cercospora henningsii |
| Castor oil | Leaf spot | Phyllosticta bosensis |
| Cattleya | Black rot | Phythium ultimum |
| Celery | Blight | Cercospora apii |
| Leaf spot | Septoria apii and Septoria apii graveolentis | |
| Cherry | Shot hole | Clasterosporium carpophilum |
| Leaf spot | Coccomyces hiemalis | |
| Bitter rot | Glomerella cingulata | |
| Leaf scorch | Gnomonia erythrostoma | |
| Bacterial canker | Pseudomonas mors-prunorum | |
| Brown rot (Blossom wilt) | Sclerotinia laxa and Sclerotinia fructigena | |
| Scab | Venturia cerasi | |
| Chestnut | Blight | Endothia parasitica |
| Ink disease | Phytophthora cambivora | |
| Chilli | Blight (Leaf spot) | Cercospora capsici |
| Blight (Collar rot) | Phytophthora capsici | |
| Bacterial spot | Xanthomonas vesicatoria | |
| Chrysanthemum | Mildew | Oidium chrysanthemi |
| Rust | Puccinia chrysanthemi | |
| Leaf spot | Septoria chrysanthemella | |
| Cinchona | Damping off | Pythium vexans |
| Cineraria | Alternaria senecionis | |
| Citronella | Collar rot | |
| Citrus | Sooty mould | Aithaloderma citri |
| Thread blight | Corticium koleroga | |
| Melanose | Diaporthe citri | |
| Mal secco | Deuterophoma tracheiphila | |
| Scab | Elsinoe fawcetti | |
| Anthracnose (Wither tip) | Gloeosporium limetticola | |
| Sooty blotch | Leptothyrium pomi | |
| Black spot | Phoma citricarpa | |
| Brown rot | Phytophthora spp. | |
| Black pit | Pseudomonas syringae | |
| Septoria spot | Septoria depressa | |
| Canker | Xanthomonas citri | |
| Coffee | Brown eyespot | Cercospora coffeicola |
| Thread blight (Black rot) | Corticium koleroga | |
| Anthracnose (Die back) | Glomerella cingulata | |
| Rust | Hemileia vastatrix | |
| Berry disease | Colletotrichum coffeanum | |
| Conifers | Blight | Cercospora thujina |
| Coryneum blight | Coryneum berckmanii | |
| Canker | Coryneum cardinale | |
| Fusiform rust | Cronartium fusiforme | |
| Blister rust | Cronartium ribicola | |
| Leaf cast (of Kauri Pine) | Hendersonula agathi | |
| Needle cast (of Scots Pine) | Lophodermium pinastri | |
| Phomopsis blight | Phomopsis juniperovora | |
| Needle cast (of Douglas Fir) | Rhabdocline pseudotsugae | |
| Root rot | Rhizoctonia cROCCORRXum | |
| Cotton | Alternarii disease | Alternaria gossypii and Alternaria |
| macrospora | ||
| Sore shin | Corticium solani | |
| Cowpea | Scab | Cladosporium vignae |
| Cucurbits | Leaf blight | Alternaria cucumerina |
| Wet rot | Choanephora cucurbitarum | |
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum lagenarium | |
| Wilt | Erwinia tracheiphila | |
| Powdery mildew | Erysiphe cichoracearum | |
| Black rot | Mycosphaerella citrullina | |
| Stem end rot | Physalospora rhodina | |
| Downy mildew | Pseudoperonospora cubensis | |
| Currant (Ribes) | Leaf spot | Mycosphaerella grossulariae and Mycosphaerella ribis |
| Leaf spot | Pseudopeziza ribis | |
| Cytisus | Die back | Ceratophorum setosum |
| Daffodil | White mould | Ramularia vallisumbrosae |
| Fire | Sclerotinia polyblastis | |
| Dahlia | Leaf spot | Phyllosticta dahliicola and Entyloma dahliae |
| Dalo | Leaf spot | Phytophthora colocasiae |
| Delphinium | Mildew | Erysiphe polygoni |
| Derris | Leaf spot | Colletotrichum derridis |
| Dogwood (Cornus) | Spot anthracnose | Elsinoe corni |
| Egg Plant | Leaf spot | Ascochyta melongenae |
| Damping off | Corticium solani | |
| Fig | Leaf fall and Fruit rot | Cercospora bolleana |
| Rust | Cerotelium fici | |
| Thread blight | Corticium koleroga | |
| Canker | Phomopsis cinerescens | |
| Blight | Phizoctonia microsclerotia | |
| Filbert | Bud blight | Xanthomonas corylina |
| Fruit trees | Crown gall | Bacterium tumefaciens |
| Gambier | White root rot | Fomes lignosus |
| Gardenia | Canker | Phomopsis gardenia |
| Gerbera | Leaf spot | Cercospora sp. |
| Ginseng | Blight | Alternaria panax |
| Gladiolus | Corm rot | Botrytis gladiolorum |
| Gooseberry | Die back | Botrytis cinerea |
| Leaf spot | Mycosphaerella grossulariae | |
| Cluster cup rust | Puccinia pringshemiana | |
| American mildew | Sphaerotheca mors-uvae | |
| Grasses | Snow mould | Calonectria graminicola |
| Red thread | Corticium fusiforme | |
| Brown patch of lawns | Rhizoctonia and Holminthosporium spp. | |
| Stripe smut | Ustilago striiformis | |
| Ground nut | Leaf spot | Cercospora arachidicola and Cercospora personate |
| Stem rot (Southern blight) | Sclerotium rolfsii | |
| Guava | Leaf spot | Cephaleuros mycoidea |
| Thread blight | Corticium koleroga | |
| Rust | Puccinia psidii | |
| Hellebore | Coniothyrium hellebori | |
| Hollyhock | Rust | Puccinia malvacearum |
| Hop | Downy mildew | Pseudoperonospora humuli |
| Powdery mildew | Sphaerotheca humuli | |
| Hydrangea | Mildew | Oidium hortensiae |
| Leek | Mildew | Peronospora destructor |
| White tip | Phytophthora porri | |
| Lettuce | Downy mildew | Bremia lactucae |
| Ring spot | Marssonina panattoniana | |
| Lily | Blight | Botrytis elliptica |
| Maize | Downy mildew | Sclerospora philippinensis |
| Mango | Red rust | Cephaleuros virescens |
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum gloeosporioides | |
| Scab | Elsinoe mangiferae | |
| Bacterial black spot | Erwinia mangiferae | |
| Anthracnose | Gloeosporium mangiferae | |
| Powdery mildew | Oidium mangiferae | |
| Medlar | Scab | Venturia eriobotryae |
| Millet (Italian) | Smut | Ustilago crameri |
| Mushroom | White mould | Mycogone perniciosa |
| Bacterial blotch(Brown blotch) | Pseudomonas tolaasi | |
| Nectarine | Shot hole | Clasterosporium carpophilum |
| Rust | Puccinia pruni-spinosae | |
| Blossom wilt | Sclerotinia laxa and Sclerotinia fructigena | |
| Leaf curl | Taphrina deformans | |
| Oats | Loose smut | Ustilago avanae |
| Olive | Leaf spot | Cycloconium oleaginum |
| Onion | Downy mildew | Peronospora destructor |
| Orchids | Fusarium | Macrophoma and Diplodia spp. |
| Paeony | Blight | Botrytis peaoniae |
| Bud death | Sphaeropsis paeonia | |
| Palm ( Palmyra) | Leaf spot | Pestalotia palmarum |
| Passion fruit | Brown spot | Alternaria passiflorae |
| Grease spot | Pseudomonas passiflorae | |
| Pawpaw | Leaf spot | Ascochyta caricae |
| Anthracnose (Fruit rot) | Colletotrichum gloeosporioides | |
| Powdery mildew | Oidium caricae | |
| Hard rot | Phytophthora parasitica | |
| Peach | Shot hole | Clasterosporium carpophilum |
| Rust | Puccinia pruni-spinosae | |
| Blossom wilt | Sclerotinia laxa and Sclerotinia fructigena | |
| Leaf curl | Taphrina deformans | |
| Pear | Scab ( America) | Cladosporium effusum |
| Thread blight | Corticium koleroga | |
| Firebiiglit | Erwinia amylovora | |
| Bitter rot | Glomerella cingulata | |
| Leaf spot (Leaf speck) | Mycosphaerella sentina | |
| Scab | Venturia pirina | |
| Pecan | Scab | Cladosporium effusum |
| Thread blight | Corticium koleroga | |
| Vein spot | Gnomonia nerviseda | |
| Liver spot | Gnomonia caryae var. pecanae | |
| Pepper(Red) | See Chilli) | |
| Persimmon | Canker | Phomopsis diospyri |
| Pineapple | Heart or stern rot | Phytophthora parasitica |
| Piper betle | (See Betel) | |
| Plantain | Black tip | Helminthosporium torulosum |
| Plum | Shot hole | Clasterosporium carpophilum |
| Black rot | Dibotryon morbosum | |
| Bacterial canker | Pseudomonas mors-prunorum | |
| Wilt | Pseudomonas prunicola | |
| Rust | Puccinia pruni-spinosae | |
| Brown rot | Sclerotinia fructigena | |
| Blossom wilt | Sclerotinia laxa | |
| Watery rot (Pocket plums) | Taphrina pruni | |
| Bacterial spot | Xanthomonas pruni | |
| Poplar | Septogloeum populiperdun | |
| Poppy | Downy mildew | Peronospora arborescens |
| Potato | Early blight | Alternaria solani |
| Grey mould | Botrytis cinerea | |
| Blight (Late blight) | Phytophthora infestans | |
| Dry rot | Sclerotium rolfsii | |
| Quince | Brown rot | Sclerotinia fructigena |
| Shot hole | Clasterosporium carpophilum | |
| Raspberry | Spur blight | Didymella applanata |
| Cane spot (Anthracnose) | Elsinoe veneta | |
| Cane wilt | Leptosphaeria coniothyrium | |
| Rhododendron | Leaf scorch (Bud blast) | Pycnostysanus azaleae |
| Rhubarb | Downy mildew | Peronospora jaapiana |
| Rice | Brown spot | Ophiobolus miyabeanus |
| (Helmintliosporiosis) | ||
| Blast | Piricularia oryzae | |
| Rose | Black spot | Diplocarpon rosae |
| Downy mildew | Peronospora sparsa | |
| Rust | Phragmidium mucronatum | |
| Leaf spot (Anthracnose) | Sphaceloma rosarum | |
| Mildew | Sphaerotheca pannosa | |
| Rubber | American leaf disease | Dothidella ulei |
| White root rot | Fomes lignosus | |
| Leaf disease | Helminthosporium heveae | |
| Stem disease | Pestalotia palmarum | |
| Abnormal leaf fall | Phytophthora palmivora | |
| Rye grass | Blind seed | Phialea temulenta |
| Safflower | Rust | Puccinia carthami |
| Seedlings | Damping off | Pythium debaryanum, Pythium and Rhizoctonia spp, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum,etc |
| Sorghum | Covered smut | Sphacelotheca sorghi |
| Spinach | Leaf spot | Heterosporium variabile |
| Downy mildew | Peronospora effusa | |
| Spindle tree | Mildew | Oidium euonymi-japonicae |
| Stock | Leaf spot | Alternaria raphani |
| Strawberry | Leaf spot | Mycosphaerella fragariae |
| Sugar beet | Leaf spot | Cercospora beticola |
| Downy mildew | Peronospora schactii | |
| Sunflower | Rust | Puccinia helianthi |
| Wilt | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum | |
| Sweet potato | Wilt | Fusarium spp. |
| Taro | Leaf spot | Phytophthora colocasiae |
| Tea | Black rot (Die back) | Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Red rust | Cephaleuros niycoidea | |
| Blister blight | Exobasidium vexans | |
| Grey blight | Pestalotia theae | |
| Tobacco | Brown spot (Red rust) | Alternaria longipes |
| Leaf spot | Ascochyta nicotianae | |
| Frog eye | Cercospora nicotianae | |
| Blue mould (Downy mildew) | Peronospora tabacina | |
| Wildfire | Pseudomonas tabacum | |
| Tomato | Early blight | Alternaria solani |
| Leaf mould | Cladosporium fulvum | |
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum phomoides | |
| Fruit rot | Didymella lycopersici | |
| Mildew | Leveilluia taurica | |
| Fruit rot | Phytophthora capsici | |
| Foot rot | Phytophthora cryptogea | |
| Blight (Late blight) | Phytophthora infestans | |
| Leaf spot | Septoria lycopersici | |
| Grey leaf spot | Stemphylium solani | |
| Bacterial spot | Xanthomonas vesicatoria | |
| Tuberose | Blight | Botrytis elliptica |
| Tung | Thread blight | Corticium koleroga |
| Veronica | Septoria exotici | |
| Vine (Grape) | "Coitre" | Coniothyrium diplodiella |
| Anthracnose | Elsinoe ampelina | |
| Black rot | Guignardia bidwellii | |
| Leaf spot | Isariopsis fuckelli | |
| Bitter rot | Melanconium fuligineum | |
| Angular leaf spot | Mycosphaerella angulata | |
| Downy mildew | Plasmopara viticola | |
| Totbrenner | Pseudopeziza tracheiphila | |
| Powdery mildew | Uncinula necator | |
| Vine (Sultana) | Sooty dew | Exosporium sultanae |
| Viola | Leaf spot | Centrospora acerina |
| Violet | Scab | Sphaceloma violae |
| Walnut | Ring spot | Ascochyta juglandis |
| Anthracnose (Blotch) | Gnomonia leptostyla | |
| Downy leaf spot | Microstroma juglandis | |
| Blight | Xanthomonas juglandis | |
| Wheat | Root rot | Gibberella zeae |
| Rust | Puccinia spp | |
| Snow damage | Pythium sp. | |
| Bunt | Tilletia caries and Tilletia faetida | |
| Willow | Black canker | Physalospora miyabeana |
| Scab | Venturia chlorospora | |
| Zinnia | Wilt | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum |