Strobilurin
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Strobilurins are a group of chemical compounds used in agriculture as fungicides. They are part of the larger group of QoI.
Some strobilurins are azoxystrobin, kresoxim-methyl, picoxystrobin, fluoxastrobin, oryzastrobin, dimoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin and trifloxystrobin.
Strobilurins represented a major development in fungus-based fungicides. They were extracted from the fungus Strobilurus tenacellus. They have a suppressive effect on other fungi, reducing competition for nutrients; they inhibit electron transfer in mitochondria, disrupting the metabolic processes of the target fungi.
See also
- plant pathology
External links
- [Fungicides Resistance Action Committee- QoI working group]
- [Septoria tritici resistance to strobilurins in the UK]
- [Report of Gray leaf spot Resistance to Strobulurins]
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