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Strobilurin
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, 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
External link
Report of Gray leaf spot Resistance to Strobulurins (http://www.agry.purdue.edu/turf/tips/2002/gray416.htm)
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