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Scenario 17 - Outdoor plant/tree diseases - Consumer, 1976
Method 7, Confidence low

According to Kline (Ramsey and Kollonitsch, 1977), Ortho was the largest manufacturer in this segment, with a 33% market share. Ortho's main active ingredients were captan, folpet, and sulfur. These active ingredients were used by other manufacturers as well.

Other active ingredients listed in Kline (Ramsey and Kollonitsch, 1977), and most likely used by both Ortho and other manufacturers, are chlorothalonil, maneb, zineb, thiram, andferbam.

Based on this information, we used judgment to derive the probabilities:

Active ingredient Probability
Captan 20%
Folpet 20%
Sulfur 20%
Chlorothalonil 15%
Maneb 10%
Zineb 5%
Thiram 5%
Ferbam 5%