What is Fungicide?
This is a compound applied to crops to manage a multitude of fungal and fungal-like plant pathogens. Fungicides have been instrumental in managing late blight of potato, apple scab in apple and powdery mildews in wheat, cucurbits and apples. Fungicides are primarily needed when a susceptible host is grown and the environment is highly favorable. Both conditions must occur at the same time. Better weather models, predictive models and disease scouting are all used to save producers money when fungicides are applied only as needed. Many crops now have resistance to many of these pathogens, so the use of these fungicides is not warranted. 2. There are different classes of fungicides. Basically, this means that there are different chemistries and these have different features (for example, systemic movement in plants some move up and down a few leaves, some don’t move at all. Some can be applied shortly after infection has started and have a “curative” effect but none can be applied after
A fungicide is a chemical pesticide compound that kills or inhibits the growth of fungi. In agriculture, fungicide is used to control fungi that threaten to destroy or compromise crops. Gardeners use fungicide as a household pesticide to protect plants from potential destruction. In medicine, fungicide is used to kill fungal infections. The drugs used to kill these infections are referred to as antifungal drugs. Government agencies monitor the use of fungicide in agriculture and medicine. Fungicide is classified as a pesticide when used on plants and is subject to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. Most fungicides are toxic to humans and can present both acute and chronic problems if absorbed into food eaten by people. There are also environmental issues that the EPA must address resulting from the use of fungicide in agriculture, including runoff into streams and lakes. In medicine, infections caused by a fungus, such as ringworm and yeast infections, must be treated wit
