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oomycide

oomycide

English

Noun

oomycide (plural oomycides)

  1. Any substance that kills oomycetes
    • 2015 October 10, “The Novel Oomycide Oxathiapiprolin Inhibits All Stages in the Asexual Life Cycle of Pseudoperonospora cubensis - Causal Agent of Cucurbit Downy Mildew”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0140015:
      At 1–3 dpi, suppression of lesion expansion was significantly stronger as the dose of the oomycide was higher.