Fungicide and bactericide modes of action

The accompanying table lists fungicide and bactericide active ingredients currently available for crop protection in New Zealand in groups according to shared risk from resistance development in target pests. The group codes are intended for use on pesticide labels to help in the prevention and management of pesticide resistance in New Zealand. Information used in constructing these tables came from publicly available information from the Fungicide Resistance Action Committee and CropLife Australia.

The New Zealand Committee on Pesticide Resistance (NZCPR) is a subcommittee of the New Zealand Plant Protection Society (NZPPS). Neither NZCPR or NZPPS guarantees that the information in these tables is accurate or up-to-date, or accepts any liability for loss or damage arising from the use information contained in these tables.

Use of Group Codes on pesticide product labels

For any product that contains an active ingredient at risk from resistance development, the product label should include a statement about resistance prevention or management. This statement should begin with the mode of action or activity group(s) of the at-risk ingredient(s), as in the following example:

Resistance prevention or management
Product_name contains the GROUP 14 insecticide, dicloran. Do not use another product containing a fungicide in the same group in conjunction with Product_name when applying the resistance prevention or management guidelines below.
[Details of the resistance guidelines for this product then follow]

Fungicide Mode of Action Groups, April 2019

Group Code

Activity Group

Chemical Family

Active Ingredient

1

 

MBC - fungicides

(Methyl Benzimidazole Carbamates)

 

Benzimidazoles

carbendazim

thiabendazole

Thiophanates

thiophanate-methyl

2

Dicarboximide

Dicarboximides

iprodione

procymidone

3

DMI - fungicides

(DeMethylation Inhibitors)
(SBI: Class I)

Imidazole

imazalil

prochloraz

Piperazine

triforine

Triazole

azaconazole

cyproconazole

difenoconazole

epoxiconazole

fluquinconazole

flusilazole

flutriafol

ipconazole

mefentrifluconazole

myclobutanil

penconazole

propiconazole

tebuconazole

triadimenol

triticonazole

Triazolinthiones

prothioconazole

4

PA - fungicides

(PhenylAmide)

Acylalanine

benalaxyl (withdrawn from sale)

metalaxyl

metalaxyl-m (mefenoxam)

5

Amines

(Morpholines)

(SBI: Class II)

Morpholines

fenpropimorph (withdrawn from sale)

Piperidines

fenpropidin (withdrawn from sale)

Spiroketalamine

spiroxamine

7

SDHI - fungicides

(Succinate DeHydrogenase Inhibitors)

Oxathiin carboxamides

carboxin

Pyrazole carboxamides

benzovindiflupyr

bixafen

fluxapyroxad

isopyrazam

penthiopyrad

N-methoxy-(phenyl-ethyl)-pyrazole-carboxamides

pydiflumetofen

Pyridine carboxamides

boscalid

Pyridinyl-ethyl-benzamides

fluopyram

 N-cyclopropyl-N-benzyl-pyrazole-carboxamides

isoflucypram

8

Hydroxy-(2-amino-) pyrimidine

Hydroxy-(2-amino-) pyrimidine

bupirimate

9

AP - fungicides

(Anilino Pyrimidine)

Anilino-pyrimidine

cyprodinil

pyrimethanil

11

QoI-fungicides

(Quinone outside Inhibitors)

Methoxy acrylate

azoxystrobin

picoxystrobin

Oximino acetates

kresoxim-methyl

trifloxystrobin

Methoxy carbamate

pyraclostrobin

Dihydro-dioxazine

fluoxastrobin

Methoxy-acetamide

mandestrobin

Imidazolinone

fenamidone

12

PP - fungicides (PhenylPyrroles)

Phenylpyrrole

fludioxonil

13 

Azonaphthalenes 

Aryloxyquinoline

quinoxyfen

Quinazolinone

proquinazid

14

AH - fungicides

(Aromatic Hydrocarbons), (chlorophenyls, nitroanilines)

Aromatic hydrocarbons

biphenyl (withdrawn from sale)

dicloran

quintozene (withdrawn from sale)

tolclofos-methyl

Heteroaromatics

1,2,4-thiadiazole

etridiazole

17

 


(SBI: class III)

 

Hydroxyanilide

fenhexamid

Amino-pyrazolinone

fenpyrazamine

19

Polyoxins

Peptidyl pyrimidine nucleoside

polyoxin

20

Phenylureas

Phenylurea

pencycuron

21

 

 Qil - fungicides

(Quinone inside Inhibitor)

 

Cyano-imidazole

cyazofamid

Sulfamoyl-triazole

amisulbrom

Picolinamides

fenpicoxamid

24

Hexopyranosyl antibiotic

Hexopyranosyl antibiotic

kasugamycin

25

Glucopyranosyl antibiotic

Glucopyranosyl antibiotic

streptomycin

27

Cyanoacetamide-oxime

Cyanoacetamide-oxime

cymoxanil

28

Carbamate

Carbamates

iodocarb

propamocarb

29

Unspecified

2,6-dinitro-anilines

fluazinam

32

Hereroaromatics

Isothiazolines

octhilione

33

Phosphonates

Ethyl phosphonate

fosetyl-aluminium

phosphorous acid and salts

36

Benzene-sulphamides

Benzene-sulphamides

flusulfamide

40

CAA - fungicides

(Carboxylic Acid Amides)

Cinnamic acid derivative

dimethomorph

Valinamide carbamate

iprovalicarb (withdrawn from sale)

Mandelic acid amides

mandipropamid

43

Benzamides

Pyridinylmethyl-benzamides

fluopicolide

44

Microbial (Bacillus sp.)

Bacillius sp. and the fungicidal lipopeptides produced

Bacillus subtilis syn. B. amyloliquefaciens strain QST713

Bacillus subtilis syn. B. amyloliquefaciens strain MBI600

45

QoSI - fungicide

(Quinone outside Inhibitor, staigatellin binding type)

Triazolo-pyrimidylamine

ametoctradin

49

OSBPI oxysterol binding protien homologue inhibition 

Piperidinyl-thiazole-isoxazolines

oxathiapiprolin

50

 

Aryl-phenyl-ketone

 

Benzophenone

metrafenone

Benzoylpyridine

pyriofenone

M

Inorganic

Inorganic

sodium metabisulphite

Hydroxyquinoline

8-hydroxyquinoline

M1

Inorganic

Inorganic

copper

copper (1) oxide

copper ammonium acetate

copper hydroxide

copper oxychloride

copper sulphate

tribasic copper sulphate

M2

Inorganic

Inorganic

sulphur

M3

Dithio carbamates and relatives

Dithio carbamates and relatives

mancozeb

metiram

thiram

propineb

ziram

M4

Phthalimide

Phthalimide

captan

folpet

M5

Chloronitriles (phthalonitriles)

Chloronitriles (phthalonitriles)

chlorothalonil

M9

Quinone (anthraquinones)

Quinone (anthraquinones)

dithianon

U6

Phenyl-acetamide

Phenyl-acetamide

cyflufenamid

U12

Guanidine

Guanidine

dodine

P1

Benzo-thiadiazole 

Benzo-thiadiazole

acibenzolar-S-methyl

BM 01

Plant extract

Terpene hydrocarbons, terpene alcohols and terpene phenols

extract from Melaluca alternafolia (tea tree oil)

NC

Diverse

Diverse

mineral oils

potassium bicarbonate

material of biological origin

*Registration pending

Note: The table does not include active ingredients that have not yet been assigned an activity group by FRAC