fungicide

Converse of object

• apply: The quantity of fungicide applied to sugar beet is low in comparison to other crops.
• contain: It is usually best to use an adhesive containing a fungicide.
• base: Spray Maincrop Potatoes against Blight with a copper based fungicide.
• use: We used fungicide to keep disease activity at bay.
• include: Pesticides include fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, and plant growth regulators.

Adjective modifier

• systemic: Regular spraying with a systemic fungicide helps control black spotting.
• suitable: Keep an eye out for any fungal diseases; treat with a suitable fungicide.
• new: Ray Tucker of Zeneca Agrochemicals gave a useful presentation on their new strobilurin fungicide to staff in October.

Modifies a noun

• spray: The main method to control ear blight in the UK is a fungicide ear spray.
• resistance: The part of the project that I was involved with aims to develop a method to screen for evidence of fungicide resistance.
• timing: Its good disease resistance means more flexibility in fungicide spray timing.
• input: This is not the time to save on fungicide inputs.
• application: A fungicide application to protect these top leaves from fungal attack is very important.
• treatment: Where new canes are showing signs of the disease, they should respond well to a copper fungicide treatment over the winter months.

Noun used with modifier

• strobilurin: Now is also the time to use a strobilurin fungicide.
• triazole: The disease can be controlled with triazole fungicides, which also control powdery mildew.
• blight: Late blight fungicides comprise more than 50 % of the fungicide used in The Netherlands.
• copper: Water with a copper fungicide at the first signs.
• chemical: Within just two years, farmers were able to abandon the chemical fungicides previously widely used to fight the disease.
• contact: Poison disk and poison plate methods were used to assess the sensitivity of a range of contact fungicides.