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Given the widespread development of fungicide resistance and increasing environmental and regulatory constraints, precision disease-control strategies are urgently needed to enhance selectivity, durability, and sustainability. This review critically examines recent advances in targeted fungicide discovery against phytopathogenic fungi. We categorize these strategies into three complementary groups: (1) targeting fungal biological processes that are essential or infection-associated; (2) disarming pathogen virulence by interfering with immune evasion and effector-mediated interactions; and (3) activating or redirecting host defence through host-directed or dual-action interventions. We compare these strategies with respect to mechanistic rationale, expected selectivity, resistance risk, and field-deployment challenges. 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