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Opera® Fungicide By BASF - Australia Packshot

Opera®

Fungicide

Broad-spectrum disease protection for cereal crops

Mode of action: Group 3 11 fungicide
Key ingredient(s): 85 g/L Pyraclostrobin 62.5 g/L Epoxiconazole
Formulation: Suspo-emulsion (SE)


A dual-active DMI and QoI fungicide that controls all the major diseases of winter cereals, Opera is especially effective against various forms of blotch. If the net or spot form of net blotch is a key disease threat in your barley, foliar application can provide outstanding protection right through to harvest. Opera will also control powdery mildew in barley with developed resistance to first-generation triazoles; certain forms of septoria in wheat, oats and oaten hay; various forms of rust in wheat and barley; powdery mildew in wheat and leaf scald in barley.

Key benefits

  • Triple action control with preventative, curative and eradicant activity
  • Extended residual protection increases yield potential
  • Especially effective on both forms of net blotch & septoria nodorum blotch
  • Controls powdery mildew in barley with resistance to older triazoles

How it works

Opera® is a broad-spectrum contact and systemic fungicide. It is taken up via the stem and leaves and is moved upwards and outwards to provide protection to new growth. Thorough coverage of the crop is necessary for best results.

Opera is a suspo-emulsion formulation. The addition of a non-ionic surfactant at recommended rates may assist in providing better coverage of sprayed surfaces.

Check the crop regularly for any symptoms of disease infection. Apply as soon as disease is present as set out in the Directions for Use in the product label.

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Crop suitability

  • Barley

    Leaf rust
    Leaf scald
    Net form of net blotch
    Powdery mildew
    Spot form of net blotch
  • Oats

    Septoria leaf blotch
  • Wheat

    Leaf rust
    Powdery mildew
    Septoria nodorum blotch
    Stem rust
    Stripe rust

Questions and Answers from the Field

  • How do you control powdery mildew, Septoria nodorum blotch, Septoria leaf blotch, leaf scald and net blotch?

    Opera is a broad-spectrum fungicide that controls all the major diseases of winter cereals, including powdery mildew, Septoria nodorum blotch, septoria leaf blotch, leaf scald and net blotch. With triple action control, Opera offers preventative, curative and eradication activity, as well as extended residual protection and increases yield potential for a range of fungal diseases in barley, oats and wheat. 

  • Does wheat need fungicide?

    Wheat crops need fungicide to control range of diseases including various forms of rust, Septoria and other diseases. Opera is a broad-spectrum fungicide that effectively controls all the major diseases in wheat crops when applied as a preventative treatment. 

  • How do you treat leaf rust and stem rust fungal diseases?

    Opera is a broad-spectrum fungicide that is used to treat leaf rust and stem rust infections in barley and wheat crops. With triple action control, Opera offers extended residual protection and is highly effective at treating leaf rust and stem rust fungus.

  • What does Opera BASF contain and what is it used for?

    BASF’s Opera is a dual active DMI and Qol fungicide that offers broad spectrum disease control for cereal crops. Opera contains 85 g/L Pyraclostrobin 62.5 g/L Epoxiconazole and is highly effective control that increases yield potential for barley, oat and wheat crops. 

  • What fungicide do you use for barley?

    The ideal fungicide to use on barley crops is BASF’s Opera fungicide. Opera effectively controls a range of diseases that appear in barley crops, including leaf rust, powdery mildew and net blotch.

  • What fungicide do you spray on oats?

    Opera is a highly effective fungicide to spray on oat crops. Opera fungicide controls Septoria leaf blotch – a disease that affects oat crops – with triple action control that provides preventative, curative and eradicative activity. 

  • What is fungicide for?

    Fungicide can be used for controlling major diseases of winter cereal crops. Opera is a broad-spectrum fungicide that provides triple action control and offers extended residual protection and increases yield potential for a range of fungus diseases in barley, oats and wheat. 

  • When should you apply fungicide to wheat?

    Fungicide should be applied to wheat when conditions favour disease development – and preferably prior to development of diseases in the crop. Opera is a broad-spectrum fungicide that effectively controls all the major diseases in wheat crops and is ideally applied between stem elongation and flag leaf emergence for maximum disease control and yield response.