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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Farms, Agricultural Production Systems > disease and pest management > pest management > pesticides > biopesticides > microbial pesticides
Preferred Term:

microbial pesticides

Definition:
Microbial pesticides consist of a microorganism (e.g., a bacterium, fungus, virus or protozoan) as the active ingredient. Microbial pesticides can control many different kinds of pests, although each separate active ingredient is relatively specific for its target pest(s).
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
biopesticides
Narrower Concepts:
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URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/17500
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2018-08-17
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