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CPRI: Fungicide Benefits
The Value of Fungicides in U.S. Crop
Production
On
September 13, 2005 CPRI issued its fungicide benefits study "The
Value and Benefits of Fungicides in U.S. Crop Production." This
study is the second in a series of pesticide benefit studies conducted
by CPRI staff and funded by CropLife America and its member companies
to quantify and communicate the underlying reasons for and benefits
of agricultural pesticide use.* The study examines fungal and bacterial
diseases infecting 50 crops grown in the United States. Through a
crop-based
case study approach, the study discusses production practices and
disease pressure, estimates fungicide use and potential losses to
plant diseases,
and quantifies the impact of chemical disease control on crop production
and farm income.
Press
Release (PDF, 24 kb)
Executive
Summary (PDF, 1 mb)
Full
Report (PDF, 1.1 mb)
Data
Appendix (PDF,
730 kb)
Plant
Pathology Fact Sheet (PDF,
40 kb)
State Fungicide Benefits Fact Sheets
Photo Credits & Downloads:
Top
Left: Fungicide
crystal: Charles Krause, USDA, ARS
Top Center & Right: Living,
untreated and dead,
treated spores:
Dow AgroSciences
Bottom Left: Fungicide
protected potatoes: DuPont Crop Protection
Bottom Right: Untreated,
late blight infected potatoes: DuPont Crop
Protection
* The first study in this series is "The
Value and Benefits of Herbicides in U.S. Crop Production."
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