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Cool, looks good, thanks for the note. Busy in real life at the moment, but it's on my to do list. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 10:28, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again CPI04,

Just a couple of thoughts about Fungicide use in the United States. I've noticed some of the pests discussed, including Pseudomonas, phytophthera and Fire blight (actually an IP noticed the last one [1]), aren't fungi. If they are commonly treated with chemicals normally referred to as fungicides then that's fine, though we should be careful to avoid misleading our readers. I was thinking a note at the top of the page explaining this might be a good idea.

Also, according to their wiki articles, some of the fungicides are now banned in the U.S., including captan and PCNB. If that's true, it should probably be noted in this article.

Anyway, I'm slowly getting through all the copyediting, though of late I've been prioritising Fungus which has been nominated as a featured article.

Cheers, Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 14:58, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response, and it would be great to get both those issues cleared up. If you can find a reliable source that notes substances referred to as "fungicides" are also used to treat non-fungal pathogens, that might be a nice addition to fungicide as well.

The Cornell site shows that Captan was still being used after the 1989 ban, though as far as I can see it hasn't been updated since 1993 so doesn't demonstrate current use. That doesn't mean it can't be used in Captan, provided the sentence it's supporting is worded carefully. Ideally non-commercial sites would be best to demonstrate the current use of Captan and PCNB, though I realise that could be tricky.

Glad to hear the vacation was nice :-) Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 14:29, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Me again :)

I've finished going through Fungicide use in the United States. Just had a few questions:

• In Rice, False smut, "spores that burst" – surely the spores themselves don't burst – perhaps sporangia or some other structures burst?

• In Sweet corn, Northern corn leaf blight, "Its multiple strains mean it is nearly impossible to attempt any control of NCLB with plant resistance." – did you mean "with fungicide resistance"?

• In Sweet corn, Rust, the last sentence seems to contradict "yield remains the same" earlier in the paragraph. Not sure what should be changed there.

Kudos again for re-writing the article – it's clear there's a lot of information in there not present anywhere else in Wikipedia. Have you thought about joining Wikiproject Fungi? The project recently had a big success in getting Fungus promoted to Featured Article status, and it has a lot of knowledgable people. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 13:15, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]