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Recent Examples of fungicide
A number of general disease-control fungicides found at garden centers list rust control on their labels.
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Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
If powdery mildew is present, try spraying a fungicide on the leaves according to the direction.
—Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2024
Once in the environment, antibiotics and fungicides can affect organisms that are already present.
—Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2023
The report gives researchers a framework for understanding pathogens that don’t stay confined within those economic sectors, such as resistant bacteria that appear downstream of hospital sewage plants and agricultural fungicides that transform common hospital infections into untreatable ones.
—Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2023
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Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
If powdery mildew is present, try spraying a fungicide on the leaves according to the direction.
—Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2024
Once in the environment, antibiotics and fungicides can affect organisms that are already present.
—Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2023
The report gives researchers a framework for understanding pathogens that don’t stay confined within those economic sectors, such as resistant bacteria that appear downstream of hospital sewage plants and agricultural fungicides that transform common hospital infections into untreatable ones.
—Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fungicide
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Krueger’s Christmas Tree Farm in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, for example, doesn’t use pesticides and minimally uses herbicides, according to John Krueger, third generation owner.Eve Glover, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
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As an official Bee City, Calgary has banned the spraying of pesticides and herbicides.Sofia Perez, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Investigators found two plots cleared of native vegetation with about 10,000 marijuana plants, hazardous pesticides, and an irrigation system diverting 33,780 gallons of water daily amid severe drought conditions, a press release issued on Thursday noted.Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
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But some farms list the chemical in their monthly pesticide use reports to the state without any apparent consequence, Paige reports.Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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An insecticide used to disinfect hospitals and dog kennels was found in the testing of vapes The insecticide, pymetrozine, is a carcinogen banned in Europe and was once used in Lysol.Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Several affordable insecticide treatments fend off the emerald ash borer and can be sprayed onto trees.Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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Testing water around Luke Air Force Base started in 2019 after the area’s water supply showed high levels of toxicants.Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024
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One concern is that toxicants in the sharks’ livers can hinder production of vitellogenin, which becomes the yolk needed for egg cells.ByErik Stokstad, science.org, 19 July 2024
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“Fungicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fungicide. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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