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pesticides
- Subject Category
- H Health and Pathology
- Definition
- A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest.
- Definition Source
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/287.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/287
- USE FOR And Type
- pesticide toxicity
- Broader Term
- pest management
- Narrower Term
- acaricides
- adulticides
- algicides
- avicides
- biopesticides
- carbamate pesticides
- chemosterilants
- fungicides
- herbicides
- insecticides
- larvicides
- metam-potassium
- molluscicides
- nematicides
- organochlorine pesticides
- organophosphorus pesticides
- organotin pesticides
- ovicides
- pesticide formulations
- rodenticides
- silvicides
- slow-release pesticides
- thidiazuron
- Related Term
- agrochemicals
- biocides
- chemical control
- endocrine-disrupting chemicals
- impregnated fabrics
- Interregional Research Project 4 (IR-4)
- pest control
- pesticide adjuvants
- pesticide application equipment
- pesticide industry
- pesticide law
- pesticide metabolites
- pesticide safety and handling
- soil drenching
- soil treatment
- trap crops
- Spanish
- plaguicidas
- Term Number
- 287