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, 29 May 2021
• This year, make your first fungicide application at the beginning of the rainy season.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 May 2017
• 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
• So in the past, things like fungicides and pesticides have been found on fashion because it was used in the warehouse or it was used on the ship that was used to ship all of these types of clothing over.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 29 June 2023
• When a lawn is infected with lawn disease, fungicides will only keep it from spreading.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Oct 2024