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Recent Examples of fungicide
If this is the case, application of a copper fungicide during flowering and fruiting following label instructions may help.
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2025
Unfortunately, most fungicides are not highly effective during hot weather.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Aspergillus fungi aren’t the target, but exposure to the fungicides gives them a head start developing genes that are resistant to the targets, sometimes before an antifungal drug with the same target even hits the market.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 9 July 2025
Now, there's no fungicide that will control this disease.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2025
Unfortunately, most fungicides are not highly effective during hot weather.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Aspergillus fungi aren’t the target, but exposure to the fungicides gives them a head start developing genes that are resistant to the targets, sometimes before an antifungal drug with the same target even hits the market.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 9 July 2025
Now, there's no fungicide that will control this disease.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fungicide
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Less Maintenance Saves Money In addition to cutting down the fees associated with lawn-maintenance equipment, fertilizers, and herbicides, buying clover seed is often less expensive than grass.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
11 Aug. 2025
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This refers to the use of pesticides and herbicides, soil quality, and additives, among other factors.20 Look for products that bear the green and white USDA Organic seal.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
11 Aug. 2025
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Habitat loss, wind turbines, pesticide use, and most recently, white nose syndrome – a fungal disease – have all taken a serious toll.—
Anna Tunkova,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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Weed customers don’t seem inclined to pay more for cannabis harvested without pesticides, or trimmed by hand, or grown in a celebrated region.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
10 Aug. 2025
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For severe infestations, consider chemical insecticides.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
5 Aug. 2025
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The mosquitoes that spread the disease have developed immunity to some of the insecticides that have previously helped reduce the spread, Bier said in an interview.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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In the 1970s, Claudia Miller, an allergist and environmental scientist, was studying how toxicants affect people in industrial settings and began noticing strange symptoms emerging after certain kinds of chemical exposures.—
Kate Raphael,
Discover Magazine,
23 June 2025
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Then, using a simulation, the team found that the warmth and weight of the sleeping child could increase the off-gassing of the toxicants.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Fungicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fungicide. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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