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Bordeaux mixture is prepared by dissolving 40 g. of copper sulphate and 40 g. of calcium hydroxide in 5 litres of water. Bordeaux mixture is used primarily as a fungicide, it was first used to control downy mildew disease of grape-wine caused by a fungus, Plasmopara viticola. The first pesticide to be used commercially was Bordeaux mixture.
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