Description
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What is Hydrogen Peroxide for Agriculture?
Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) is a light blue liquid that appears colorless in a diluted solution, slightly more viscous than water.
It is a weak acid, has strong oxidizing properties and is therefore a powerful bleaching agent. It is used as a bleaching agent for paper, but it has also been used over the years as a disinfectant and oxidizing agent.
Hydrogen Peroxide is a well-studied component of living cells and plays important roles in defense and oxidative biosynthetic reactions.
What is Hydrogen Peroxide used for in Agriculture?
Hydrogen Peroxide has been used over the years as a universal ecological, safe and non-toxic disinfectant for people and the environment. It provides high efficacy in controlling microorganisms in all possible applications, air, water, surfaces and soil; it is considered a powerful antibacterial, fungicide, virucide, amebicide and algaecide.
Hydrogen Peroxide is highly unstable, causing the breaking of the molecule along the oxygen-oxygen bond, releasing free hydroxyl radicals (OH) that oxidize organic matter.
It finds application as a disinfectant in the agriculture, food and beverage industries.
EFSA authorizes its use as a fungicide and bactericide in seed treatment and for disinfection of agricultural cutting tools.
Why use Hydrogen Peroxide in Agriculture?
Hydrogen Peroxide falls into the category of Basic Substances, a list of substances with low environmental impact but useful for phytosanitary purposes. This substance can be used to:
- Disinfect cutting tools: On Tomato and Pepper, EFSA guarantees control over the bacterium Ralstonia Solanacerum (Bacterial Wilt) and Botrytis cinerea (Gray Mold or Botrytis).
- Treatment of seeds: By immersing the seeds, from 5 to 15 minutes, in a solution containing Hydrogen Peroxide, Xanthomonas campestris (Bacterial Spot) on Lettuce and Alternaria and Fusarium on Floricultural species, especially Zinnia elegans, can be controlled.
Dosage
| As a disinfectant for agricultural cutting tools | ||
| Crop | Adversity | Dosage |
|
Solanaceae |
Bacteria (Ralstonia Solanacerum), |
15 - 30 g of active ingredient per liter |
| For seed treatment | ||
|
Lettuce |
Bacterial blight |
10 - 15 g of active ingredient per liter soak in the prepared solution (<5% hydrogen peroxide solution) for 5-15 minutes |
|
Flower crops |
Fungal pathogens |
25 - 49 g of active ingredient per liter soak in the prepared solution (<5% hydrogen peroxide solution) for 5-15 minutes |
