Pesticides: Their Properties, Uses and Disadvantages II. Fungicides and Herbicides. Pesticides in Relation to Animals

Hassall, Kenneth A.

doi:10.1016/s0007-1935(17)41202-4

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

1972

1976

Publication Types

Select...

Article2

Other1

Relationship

Self Cite0

Independent3

Authors

Journals

Cited by 3 publications

References 29 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

A review of the selectivity of fungicides in agriculture and horticulture

Byrde

Richmond

1976

Pestic. Sci.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Protectant fungicides rely for their selectivity on physical barriers (e.g. the leaf cuticle) between their deposits and the protoplasts of the host plant. Systemic fungicides, by contrast, come into direct contact with host cells and need to be more selective. Nevertheless, important side-effects can occur, involving higher plants, animals and other microorganisms; examples of these are cited. Sometimes mycelium and spores of the target fungus show differing susceptibility; also, activity of a fungicide in vitro does not always reflect its effectiveness in vivo. An extreme form of selectivity is the undesirable emergence of insensitive strains from an otherwise sensitive fungal species.

show abstract