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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

trap crops

Subject Category: F Plant Science and Plant Products; S Biological Sciences
Definition: A plant that in interspersed in a crop or planted near a crop as a decoy for the purpose of attracting harmful insects away from the crop, providing a pesticide free solution.
Definition Source: US Environmental Protection Agency
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/30194.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/30194
Broader Term: crops
Related Term: biological control agents; pesticides
Spanish: cultivos trampa
Term Number: 30194

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