How to Use fungicide in a Sentence

fungicide

noun

• The powder clings to the bees’ fur, and spores of the fungicide are dropped on plants as the bees travel.
  — NBC News, 16 Sep. 2019
• Fungicides have been used for decades to prevent the blight.
  — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2017
• Be sure to read and follow all guidelines when using the fungicide.
  — oregonlive, 6 Nov. 2022
• There are fungicide sprays that can be used to prevent these diseases.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2020
• If your boxwood has black stem cankers and leaves are dropping off your plants, a fungicide cannot stop this.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 6 Aug. 2020
• If this happens, use one of the systemic fungicides labeled for rust.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 July 2018
• Spray a copper fungicide two times, the first time at about 50% leaf fall, and the second time in the dormant season (before Jan. 15).
  — oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2022
• Use a drench of Banrot, Aliette or Subdue fungicides to ward off root rot; drench valuable palms.
  — miamiherald, 12 Sep. 2017
• The co-founders picked up shop and tried it again in Nevada, grilling fungicide in a parking lot to create the sulfur dioxide gas.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 11 June 2024
• Also, make sure there is plenty of open space around the plant for air to circulate, soil should be well-draining, and use a fungicide in the spring when shoots break the ground.
  — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2019
• Brazil has become the world’s largest market for fungicides as growers have stepped up the fight against Asian rust and other crop diseases.
  — Tatiana Freitas, Bloomberg.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• After deciduous fruit trees are pruned, spray the first rounds of fungicide and of dormant oil spray.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2021
• Do apply a fungicide for turf shortly after the sod is installed.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2022
• The best strategy is to spray a fungicide as soon as the conditions are favorable for the diseases.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2024
• Feed roses monthly and control black spot with a fungicide.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 May 2018
• Keep a general fungicide labeled for leaf spots handy and apply when the leaf spots are first noted.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2020
• Burman pruned infected limbs and then treated the tree with fungicide.
  — Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
• The grower had kept careful records of when plants had popped out about 10 percent of their flowers each spring—the point at which the grower would start spraying fungicide.
  — John Tlumacki, The Boston Globe, National Geographic, 25 Nov. 2020
• When the fertilizer does not work, a fungicide is applied to see if the browning is being caused by a fungus.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• Both of these funguses will kill the grass, but luckily, both can be controlled with the Azoxystrobin fungicide.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 25 June 2021
• To raise blemish-free fruit, plan on spraying the trees with insecticide and fungicide each week from petal drop to harvest.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 9 Jan. 2020
• Lime sulfur is a fungicide that controls fungal diseases like apple and pear scab and peach leaf curl.
  — Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• Sulfur is a fungicide that controls fungal diseases like apple and pear scab and peach leaf curl.
  — Kym Pokorny | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2020
• Once the disease has started, homeowner fungicides cannot cure it.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 25 July 2019
• This year, make your first fungicide application at the beginning of the rainy season.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 May 2017
• This year, make your first fungicide application at the beginning of the rainy season.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 May 2021
• Herbicides and fungicide sprays drifting onto plants can cause leaves to brown.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2022
• Neem oil is a fungicide, an insecticide and a miticide.
  — oregonlive, 26 Dec. 2020
• General-purpose garden fungicides will control this late-spring disease that is made worse by water on leaves.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2024
• At the same time, fungicide and herbicide rates did not increase, suggesting the need for more intensive insect control drove the insecticide change.
  — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024