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Copper rally burdens Indian plantation sector
April 15, 2021
As prices of key fungicide copper sulphate rise 25%, growers feel the heat
The global rally in copper prices is adding to the costs of the Indian plantation sector as copper sulphate, a widely used fungicide manufactured using the metal, has turned expensive this year.
Prices of copper sulphate have increased to over ₹240-260 a kg this year, depending on the quality as against ₹160-190 last year, an increase of over 25 per cent mainly driven by the rally in copper prices.
Copper sulphate is widely used by growers of plantation crops such as arabica coffee, arecanut and pepper among others to control various fungal diseases. Bordeaux solution, using a mixture of copper sulphate and quicklime, is applied on these crops and others such as ginger, cardamom and grapes to control fungal and bacterial disease. The consumption period of the mixture in the plantation sector is between pre-monsoon (April- ....

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