fungicide

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The cost for treating oak wilt, or any tree disease that requires a fungicide injection, depends on the tree’s diameter at breast height, or DBH.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

These chemical products account for to a quarter of the world agricultural fungicide market, worth more than £3 billion per year.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2024

So far early results have revealed that women with evidence of fungicide exposure during pregnancy had infants with more respiratory infections and impaired neurodevelopment at age one.

From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2023

A weekly application of a copper-based fungicide can be helpful in preventing reappearance.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023

Or can we use a nonspecific fungicide without also killing the fungi that inhabit the roots of many trees in a beneficial association that aids the tree in extracting nutrients from the soil?

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson