Copper sulphate, a compound with molecular formula CuSO45H2O, is also called as Bluestone, Blue Vitriol and Roman Vitriol. The common substance is used as a herbicide and fungicide and has wide applications in the agricultural arena. KPL, a leading water soluble fertilizer supplier provides various compounds at affordable costs. Copper sulphate is used in nurseries and prevents damping within the seedlings, which is a kind of fungal infection.

As stated, copper sulphate is used as fungicide and herbicide. The substance can kill weeds, certain parasites and fungus. When mixed with lime (for instance calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide), copper sulphate can be used to kill fungi. The mixture of the two compounds in termed as Bordeaux mixture as it was first made in Bordeaux region of France. It can be used to protect crops from fungi at low costs. Yet another pesticide prepared by using Copper Sulphate is called as Burgundy. It is prepared by mixing Sodium Carbonate and Copper Sulphate.

Proper application of the pesticides is important. If the fungi bury themselves within the tissues of the plant, it becomes difficult to kill them and the crop may get infected. Proper and timely application of the copper sulphate pesticide and insecticides ensure that the crop is not infected. Further, copper sulphate can also be used as a fertilizer in agriculture. Copper sulphate has ionic properties and can quickly dissociate in water to form the sulphate and copper ions. Hence, any deficiency of copper in the soil can be overcome by using copper sulphate.

Copper is essential towards certain biochemical processes that take place in plants and is also a part of certain enzymes and proteins that are vital for plant growth and life. Copper deficiency in plants is evident in the form of brown spots, bluish/yellowish discolouration and abnormal or uncommon shaped leaf. The application of copper sulphate as a fertilizer overcomes these problems.

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