Flutolanil is a systemic fungicide for use specifically against basidiomycetes. It inhibits the hyphal growth and infection cushion formation. It is effective against silver scurf, daylily rust, snow mold, yellow patch (R cerealis), southern blight (Sclerotium rolfsii), red thread (Laetisaria fuciformis), fairy ring, all strains of brown patch (Rhizoctonia solani) and even Asian soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi). Flutolanil is used in crops such as artichokes, beetroot, Brussel sprouts, etc. It has season-long efficacy when applied to seed potatoes. It can be applied to foliage, to soil, or paddy water and as a seed treatment. Flutolanil is extremely safe for both crops and operator. Biochemical mode of action of flutolanil seems to be inhibition of a succinate dehydrogenase complex, an important enzyme complex in the respiratory chain of basidiomycetous fungi but not of fungi in other classes.