Thiophanate methyl ke sebolaya-mafu/se sireletsa maqeba se sebediswang ho laola mafu a dimela ditholwana tsa lejwe, ditholwana tsa pome, dijalo tsa ditholwana tsa tropike le tsa tropike, morara le meroho e behang. Thiophanate methyl e sebetsa khahlanong le mefuta e mengata ea mafu a fungal a kang matheba a makhasi, li-blotches le likokoana-hloko; matheba a litholoana le ho bola; hlobo ea sooty; likhofu; ho bola ha tleloubu, poone le tuber; lipalesa tsa lipalesa; powdery hlobo; mafome a itseng; le mobu o tloaelehileng oa moqhaka le ho bola ha metso.
