Fungicides

The strobilurin fungicides.

Strobilurins are one of the most important classes of agricultural fungicide. Their invention was inspired by a group of fungicidally active natural products. The outstanding benefits they deliver are currently being utilised in a wide range of crops throughout the world. First launched in 1996, the strobilurins now include the world's biggest selling fungicide, azoxystrobin. By 2002 there will...

Trol by Dust Fungicides

Natural Fungicides Obtained from Plants

Fungicides belong to a group of pesticides which inhibited fungal growth either causing damage to the cells or preventing the fungal development. As pesticides, they offer great economic and social benefits through the protection and preservation of materials, food and the prevention of diseases. Since pesticides are designed specifically to fight harmful or even dangerous life forms and theref...

Cypress Canker Control with Fungicides

Cypress canker caused by Seiridium cardinale was controlled by benomyl and chlorothalonil but not by tribasic copper sulfate. Cypress canker has been present in California since 1927 where it has caused considerable damage to planted Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa (6). The popularity of this California native range and usually canker disease appears, but some uninformed people still pla...

The QoI Fungicides, the Rise and Fall of a Successful Class of Agricultural Fungicides

s of the XIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Fitopatología, Murcia, Spain, p.15.Chin, KM.; Chavaillaz, D.; Kaesbohrer, M.; Staub, T. & Felsenstein, FG. (2001).Characterizing resistance risk of Erysiphe graminis f.sp. tritici to strobilurins. CropProtection 20, 87-96.De Waard, MA.; Andrade, AC.; Hayashi, K.; Schoonbeek, H.; Stergiopoulos, I. & Zwiers, L.(2006). Impac...