FUNGAL


Meaning of FUNGAL in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a bacterial/viral/fungal infection (= caused by bacteria, a virus, or a fungus )

Antibiotics are not effective against viral infections.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

attack

Disease caused by fungal attacks is kept at bay with the prompt removal of both infected and damaged material.

Rot in Timber Timber decay which is not owed to insect action is normally the result of fungal attack .

Therefore, in a sound, dry building there is no need to fear fungal attack .

disease

An initial theory is that the baobabs contracted a fungal disease after rains earlier this year ended almost a decade of drought.

Spraying is necessary, particularly against fungal diseases , to have a decent harvest of nice-looking fruit every year.

Similarly, fungal diseases show characteristic effects that reveal both presence and identity.

The fungal disease affects wheat, durum wheat and triticale, a hybrid of wheat and rye.

Some plants already possess genetic resistance to attacks by insect pests while others resist certain fungal diseases .

A: Perhaps your grapes are suffering from black rot, a fungal disease .

infection

This greyish film can be mistaken for fungal infection .

This is a fungal infection of the brain.

By mixing the varieties intimately within the field, the spread of a fungal infection can be drastically slowed.

Bacterial and fungal infections almost always occur at the site of an earlier wound.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A: Perhaps your grapes are suffering from black rot, a fungal disease.

Histoplasmosis is caused by fungal spores that are usually inhaled.

Other forms of fungal decay of timber in buildings are relatively unimportant because they are not able to spread to sound wood.

Sections were examined by light microscopy for bacterial, protozoal, fungal , and viral enteric pathogens.

Some plants already possess genetic resistance to attacks by insect pests while others resist certain fungal diseases.

Spraying is necessary, particularly against fungal diseases, to have a decent harvest of nice-looking fruit every year.

The fungal disease affects wheat, durum wheat and triticale, a hybrid of wheat and rye.

These are, however, even inserted at positions identical to those of corresponding fungal and liverwort intervening sequences.

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