Method for enhancing the quality of berry fruit

摘要

A method of producing berry fruits having an enhanced quality, extended shelf life and/or a reduced level of fungal contamination is provided, comprising: (a) providing a first fungicidal composition comprising a mixture of cyprodinil (I) and fludioxonil (II), and a fungicidally acceptable carrier (such as in a suitable volume of water in a spray tank to form a spray composition), (b) applying said fungicidal composition at a time T₀ (such as by means of a sprayer fed from the spray tank) to a soil surface in the field, to foliage and/or to flowers of berry fruit crops that have emerged above the soil surface, (c) optionally providing a second fungicidal composition comprising an alternate fungicide different form said first fungicide, and a fungicidally acceptable carrier (such as in a suitable volume of water in a spray tank to form a spray composition) and applying the second composition at a time T₀ plus or minus (+/−) 5 to 20 days to a soil surface in the field, to foliage and/or to flowers of berry fruit crops that have emerged above the soil surface; and (d) harvesting said berry fruit crop from about 0 to about 60 days after T₀; preferably from about 5 to about 45 days after T₀.