copper sulfate
noun
: a sulfate of copper
especially
: the normal sulfate that is white in the anhydrous form but blue in the crystalline hydrous form CuSO4·5H2O and that is often used as an algicide and fungicide
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Fungicides for bacterial leaf spot must be copper-based, or have copper in them (mancozeb, copper octanoate, copper sulfate, copper hydroxide).
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Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
Spray with copper sulfate during early spring each year to help prevent the problem before the buds begin to break.
—oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2023
But the microbes don’t just clean the copper sulfate up.
—Joshua Learn, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2021
In their recommendations to Parliament in 1999, the Committee on European Communities noted that copper sulfate, in particular, was far more dangerous than the synthetic alternative.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2012
The Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, which manages the contracts to mitigate algal blooms in the state’s public lands, primarily uses copper sulfate as an algaecide, the division’s interim director, Jamie Barnes, said.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2021
In the study, researchers from the U and the U.S. Geological Survey applied a copper sulfate solution to the water in St. Alban's Bay near Excelsior.
—Katy Read, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
In the 1950s, scientists tried using copper sulfate.
—Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 5 July 2019
The European Union determined that copper sulfate may cause cancer and intended to ban it, but backed off because organic farmers don’t have any viable alternative.
—Henry I. Miller, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2018
Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
Spray with copper sulfate during early spring each year to help prevent the problem before the buds begin to break.
—oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2023
But the microbes don’t just clean the copper sulfate up.
—Joshua Learn, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2021
In their recommendations to Parliament in 1999, the Committee on European Communities noted that copper sulfate, in particular, was far more dangerous than the synthetic alternative.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2012
The Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, which manages the contracts to mitigate algal blooms in the state’s public lands, primarily uses copper sulfate as an algaecide, the division’s interim director, Jamie Barnes, said.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2021
In the study, researchers from the U and the U.S. Geological Survey applied a copper sulfate solution to the water in St. Alban's Bay near Excelsior.
—Katy Read, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
In the 1950s, scientists tried using copper sulfate.
—Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 5 July 2019
The European Union determined that copper sulfate may cause cancer and intended to ban it, but backed off because organic farmers don’t have any viable alternative.
—Henry I. Miller, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2018
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