Prominent agrochemicals
companies are moving towards consolidation, driven by factors such as large
drop in commodity prices and the strategic benefits of collaboration between
various seeds and pesticides markets
Applications
of Fungicides an effective crop strategy
Fungicides are different types of pesticides used as protectants
or eradicates to prevent plants against getting infested with fungi. The fungi
cause mold, rot or diseases and impedes the proper development of saplings and
crops. Fungicides has formed an effective crop strategy used by
agriculturalists to augment the crop yield and a comprehensive solution to
control disease in plants. Fungicides as pesticides are gaining traction across
regions where the crop is likely to be infested by fungi, driven by need to
improve the storage shelf life and to enhance the quality of agricultural
produce; their applications help farmers to safeguard them against a
significant produce loss that occurs after occur post-harvest, which results in
huge money losses in agriculture.
Several ways of classifying fungicides exist: they are classified
on the basis of chemical group, modes of action, and by the alteration of
physical properties once inside the plant. Furthermore, on the basis of mode of
action fungicides can be specific or general; general ones have a wide range of
activity and are helpful for plant cultivators and plant growers to protect
several types of pathogenic fungi, examples are sulfur, captan, and mancozeb. Apart
from the preventing effects of fungicides they also exhibit curative properties;
that is, they are effective against a wide range of pathogens that may have
infected the plant, or is useful in those plants that tend to have a higher risk
of pathogens developing resistance to common fungicides. Recent developments
indicate fungicides to be potent pesticides in preventing stripe rust and other
foliar fungal diseases infesting the crop wheat.
