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phytotoxic, a.|faɪtəʊˈtɒksɪk|
[f. phyto- + toxic a.]
Poisonous or injurious to plants.
1933Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. XIX. 487 Macht showed that the blood of leprosy patients also gives a specific phytotoxic reaction. 1953Phytopathology XLIII. 663/1 Ethylene..arises from plant tissue injured by such phytotoxic compounds as endothal. 1963Ann. Rev. Microbiol. XVII. 223 The injurious effects of phytotoxic materials traditionally have been treated as plant diseases. 1976Weed Abstr. XXV. 108/1 No treatment was phytotoxic to the blueberries.
Hence ˌphytotoˈxicity, the property of being phytotoxic.
1945J. G. Horsfall Fungicides xvi. 172 Phytotoxicity is a term to describe the injuriousness of fungicides to host plants. 1958Times 4 Dec. 1/5 (Advt.), Agricultural Research Council require a Plant Physiologist..to work on fundamental aspects of phytotoxicity. 1974Nature 8 Feb. 337/3 Fungicides..must be selected and timed so that disease control is achieved with minimal phytotoxicity. |