Systemic Fungicide With Protective & Low Curative Action
Dodine is a Guanidine derivative and acts predominantly as a protective fungicide, but also has a small degree of curative action. It is greatest use is in apples and pears for the control of Venturia inaequalis (black spot or scab) and it is also used against a limited range of other diseases. Dodine causes in cell death and leakage of potassiumins, UV-absorbing materials, and ribose-containing molecule; dodine causes gross and extensive damage to the cytoplasmic membrane, which is probably implicated in the death of cells.