[3][4] Application of fluxapyroxad helps prevent many wilts and other fungal infections from taking hold.

As with other systemic pesticides that have a long chemical half-life, there are concerns about keeping fluxapyroxad out of the groundwater, especially when combined with pyraclostrobin.

[5][6] The compound is an amide of 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid combined with an aniline having an ortho-substituted triflurorobenzene group.

[8] The United States Environmental Protection Agency has established tolerance amounts that are allowed to be present on consumer food.

[20] In the spring of 2012, fluxapyroxad, trademarked under the names Sercadis,[21] Imbrex[22] and Xemium[23] and manufactured by BASF Corporation, was registered for use as a fungicide in the United States.