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Cease® Biological Fungicide

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Item: 8710-A

Ever wish you could just... stop? Stop losing sleep over blight, stop watching fungal freeloaders move in, stop refereeing the season-long fight against Botrytis and powdery mildew? Say no more. Cease®, powered by Bacillus subtilis strain QST 713, is here to make pathogens cease and desist, so you don’t have to.

This broad-spectrum preventative works by destroying pathogen cells on contact while building a natural barrier on leaf surfaces, so invaders can’t get a foothold in the first place. It also nudges plants to ramp up their own natural defenses, which means better nutrient uptake, stronger germination, and improved photosynthesis along the way. All that, and it leaves virtually no residue, so you can keep working your crop right up to harvest day.

Compatible with a wide range of pesticides, fertilizers, and adjuvants. Use it as a foliar spray (0.5–2 gal/100 gal water) to knock back fungal and bacterial diseases, or as a soil drench (1 gal/100 gal water/acre) to suppress soilborne troublemakers like Rhizoctonia, Pythium, Fusarium, and Phytophthora.

For season-long protection against Botrytis, powdery mildew, and bacterial leaf spots, rotate Cease with MilStop® to keep resistance management on point and pathogens guessing. Please see pesticide label here. EPA Reg. 264-1155-68539.

Features & Benefits

  • Multi-site modes of action for effective resistance management
  • Can be sprayed up to and on the day of harvest
  • Boosts plants’ natural production of protective enzymes
  • Leaves virtually no residue on plants or flowers
  • Performance on par with copper-based products, minus the phytotoxicity risk
  • Safe for beneficial insects and predatory mites
  • Tank-mixes and rotates well with many chemical and biological inputs
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Additional Information

Plant Protection and Last Resorts

These products come with detailed instructions on their labels. Contact us in case you don’t receive the attached booklet or if the label is illegible.

While we try to stay current with product specifications, product formulations are subject to change without notice.

Use our Sprayers to apply these products. We welcome your suggestions about successful low-impact pest-control methods or products.

Is that pesticide registered in your state?

Each state treats potentially dangerous items differently. Like alcohol and open-carry laws, pesticide registrations are different everywhere. We cannot ship a pesticide to a state where it is not registered.

Before buying or using any pest- or disease-control product, be sure it is registered for use in your state and, if you are a commercial grower, registered for commercial production.

Purdue University has a searchable database of information for most states. You can look up products by name, registration number or active ingredient. Contact information is provided for states that don’t participate in the website.

Chart summarizing the safety of these pesticides for pollinators

USDA NOP rule concerning disease and pest control
Caution certified-organic growers:

Before using any of these products for pest or disease control, you must have followed the National Organic Program rule 205.206(e). A product being labeled here as allowed is not sufficient to meet standards for organic certification.

More information and the complete text of the rule.

Organic Certification

Inoculants, soil amendments, fertilizers, livestock supplies and pesticides are labeled as:
OMRI: Organic Materials Review Institute. Most state certifying agencies, including MOFGA, accept OMRI approval.
MOFGA: Approved for use by Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association Certification Services. Check with your certifier.
WSDA: Listed by the Washington State Department of Agriculture’s Organic Certification division for use in organic agriculture in Washington State. MOFGA has indicated that they will accept products on this list for their certification program. Check with your certifier.
Nat’l List: One-ingredient products on the NOP* List of Allowed Substances (subpart G of the Organic Foods Production Act, sections 205.601-606). Check with your certifier.
AYC: Ask your certifier. Has not been reviewed by a certifier, but the active ingredient is allowed. Ask your certifier.
Not Allowed: A few of the products we list are not allowed for organic production but we think they have a place in sensible agriculture and can be used when certification is not an issue.

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