Biotak Fungicide

An innovative broad-spectrum biological fungicide that protects plants from common fungal diseases in nurseries and greenhouses.

Benefits of Biotak Fungicide

The most concentrated biological fungicide on the market due to its pure spore formulation — setting the standard for quality, purity and performance reliability
Targets a broad spectrum of diseases
Suppresses foliar diseases
Protects the root system early in the production cycle
Promotes healthier soil/growing media by preventing disease
Can be tank mixed or used in rotation with conventional chemistries
Favorable toxicological and environmental profile makes it a flexible option for disease control
With no recordable residue, Biotak allows for greater flexibility by extending the window of application, especially near harvest time

Biotak’s active ingredient is Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain MBI600. It is a beneficial spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium, that colonizes the plant (root/leaf) surfaces to form a protective shield that prevents fungal diseases from taking hold.
Biotak works best as a preventative treatment before disease pathogens have established on the plant. Application before major disease pressure gives Biotak time to germinate, colonize the plant surface and produce its disease-fighting metabolites.
Biotak forms a “shield of protection” against a broad spectrum of plant pathogens in three ways:
- Production of anti-fungal metabolites: Biotak produces specific metabolites that prevent different species of pathogens from germinating. The metabolites cause the pathogen spores and growing hyphae to collapse by disrupting their cell membrane.
- Competition for space: Moreover, by being the first to occupy the limited space on the plant, Biotak physically excludes plant pathogens from colonizing on the plant foliage.
- Competition for resources: Biotak also depletes the supply of nutrients on the plant surface so that pathogen spores are starved to death.

Botrytis grey mould (Botrytis cinerea)
Downy mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis)
Early blight (Alternaria solani)
Powdery mildew (Leveillula taurica)
Powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca fuliginea [syn. Podosphaera xanthii])
White mould ((Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) (partial suppression)
Damping-off and root diseases caused by Fusarium spp., Rhizoctonia solani and Pythium spp.