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fungicide
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Fungicides are pesticides used to kill parasitic fungi or their spores. Fungi can cause serious damage in agriculture, resulting in losses of yield and quality. Fungicides are used both in agriculture and to fight fungal infections in animals, including humans. Fungicides are also used to control oomycetes, which are not taxonomically/genetically fungi, although sharing similar methods of infecting plants. Fungicides can either be contact, translaminar or systemic. Contact fungicides are not taken up into the plant tissue and protect only the plant where the spray is deposited. Translaminar fu
A fungicide is a pesticide designed to kill fungi or their spores, which can cause significant damage to crops by reducing yield and quality. These treatments are used in agriculture as well as to fight fungal infections in animals and humans, and they work in different ways—some protect only where they're applied to plants, while others are absorbed into plant tissue for broader protection.
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- Major fungi in agriculture
- Types of fungicides
- Traditional
- Nonspecific
- Specific
- Nucleic acid metabolism
- Cytoskeleton and motor proteins
- Respiration
- Amino acid and protein synthesis
- Signal transduction
- Lipid synthesis / membrane integrity
- Melanin synthesis in cell wall
- Sterol biosynthesis in membranes
- Cell wall biosynthesis
- Host plant defence induction
- Mycoviruses
- Resistance
- Fungicide resistance management
- Regulations
- Safety
- See also
- References
- External links
Fungicides are pesticides used to kill parasitic fungi or their spores. Fungi can cause serious damage in agriculture, resulting in losses of yield and quality. Fungicides are used both in agriculture and to fight fungal infections in animals, including humans. Fungicides are also used to control oomycetes, which are not taxonomically/genetically fungi, although sharing similar methods of infecting plants. Fungicides can either be contact, translaminar or systemic. Contact fungicides are not taken up into the plant tissue and protect only the plant where the spray is deposited. Translaminar fungicides redistribute the fungicide from the upper, sprayed leaf surface to the lower, unsprayed surface. Systemic fungicides are taken up and redistributed through the xylem vessels. Few fungicides move to all parts of a plant. Some are locally systemic, and some move upward.
Most fungicides that can be bought retail are sold in liquid form, the active ingredient being present at 0.08% in weaker concentrates, and as high as 0.5% for less potent fungicides. Fungicides in powdered form are usually around 90% sulfur.
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