Mixture of calcium hydroxide (hydrated lime) and copper(II) sulfate, q.q.v. Prepn and use vs downy mildew on grapes: Millardet, J. Agric. Prat. (Paris) 49, 513 (1885); see also: D. E. H. Frear, Pesticide Index (College Science, 4th ed., 1969) p 72. Field trial vs pink disease in mandarin oranges: P. M. Pradhanang, Crop Prot. 13, 550 (1994); vs Persian walnut blight: A. Belisario, A. Zoina, Eur. J. Forest Pathol. 25, 224 (1995). Effects on Sauvingnon grape composition and wine aroma: E. Hatzidimitriou et al., J. Int. Sci. Vigne Vin 30, 133 (1996).
Analog to Bordeaux mixture produced from copper(II) sulfate and sodium carbonate, q.q.v. Prepn and use vs downy mildew on grapes: E. Masson, J. Agric. Prat. (Paris) 51, 814 (1887); see also: Frear, Chemistry of the Pesticides (Van Nostrand, 3rd ed., 1955) p 322. Review of chemistry: R. L. Mond, C. Heberlein, J. Chem. Soc. 115, 908-922 (1919).