noun

• A systemic fungicide used on fruit and vegetable crops, derived from imidazole.

  ‘Few fungicides are registered for controlling the disease, and benomyl is the most effective one yet tested.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘They suggest spraying a fungicide containing benomyl or triforine to combat this common malady that disfigures begonias.’
  • ‘Diploid conidia were incubated on solid complete medium containing 60 g/ml benomyl for 2 days and transferred to complete medium without benomyl for 2 weeks.’
  • ‘A scientist from Brazil, found that weekly sprays of milk controlled powdery mildew in zucchini just as effectively as synthetic fungicides such as fenarimol or benomyl.’
  • ‘As a control, we also analyzed the dynamic phenotype of ndc 10-1 in the presence and absence of benomyl.’