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Fungicide




Fungicides can either be contact or systemic. A contact fungicide kills fungi when sprayed on its surface. A systemic fungicide has to be absorbed by the fungi before the fungi dies. One example is the QoI .

Chemical fungicides however can also cause problems:

# They can be persistent in the environment and in living organisms; and so do not break down.
# They bioaccumulate and become increasingly toxic for other creatures in the environment. They can build up to lethal concentrations.

In contexts other than Agriculture , the term Antifungal is often used for similar compounds.


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