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06.06.2023 - 17:17 / gardenerspath.com / Helga George
How to Rotate Fungicides to Prevent ResistanceYou are no doubt well aware of the damage that fungi can cause to your plants and crops, and have probably at some point experienced the difficulty of controlling infections.
They also cause damage on a global scale.
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In an article in Frontiers in Microbiology published in 2019, authors Fausto Almeida, Marcio L. Rodrigues, and Carolina Coelho discuss “the still underestimated problem of fungal diseases worldwide,” referencing their role in both human and plant diseases.
One-third of food crops worldwide are lost to disease caused by fungi each year.
To give an example of the scale of the problem, let’s look at the situation with wheat – the largest food crop in the world – and barley – the sixth largest.
You may already be familiar with rust, the disease that can cover your plants with a reddish, “rusty” coating, that comes off on your clothes as you brush past.
Well, there are three different kinds of rust that infect wheat and barley crops, and it has been estimated that more than $5 billion a year is lost to infection by just these three.
While you are not likely to face destruction on quite the same scale, you are likely to encounter fungal diseases in your garden, some of which can be devastating to your crops or ornamental plants.
Since these organisms can be difficult to control, there is a good chance that you may have to resort to the use of fungicides at some point.
Given the variety of products available, if you have had success with one particular type in the past, you may be happy to keep using it – perhaps even as a preventative measure.
However, by using the
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