For Insecticide we have terms and definitions in 12 topics. The topics are Agriculture, Carpet, Disease, Environment, Food, Food and Health, Forestry, Gardening, Microbiology, Nature, Pests and Science.

Insecticide (Agriculture)

See "pesticide"

Insecticide (Carpet)

Any of various chemical compounds that have the ability to kill insects.

Insecticide (Disease)

A chemical that kills insects.

Insecticide (Environment)

A pesticide compound specifically used to kill or prevent the growth of insects.

Insecticide (Food)

Secticides are a class of crop protection and specialty chemicals used to control insects on farms and forests, as well as non-agricultural applications such as residential lawncare, golf courses and public tracts of land.

Insecticide (Food and Health)

Insecticides are a class of crop protection and specialty chemicals used to control insects on farms and forests, as well as non-agricultural applications such as residential lawncare, golf courses and public tracts of land.

Insecticide (Forestry)

Any substance used to kill insects

Insecticide (Gardening)

A synthetic or organic chemical used to kill or repel insects. Please use as directed on the label.

Insecticide (Microbiology)

Any chemical substance used for the destruction of insects, whether applied as powder, liquid, atomized liquid, aerosol or "paint" spray; residual action is usual. The term larvicide is generally used to designate insecticides applied specifically for destruction of immature stages of arthropods; adulticide or imagocide, to designate those applied to destroy mature or adult forms. The term insecticide is often used broadly to encompass substances for the destruction of all arthropods, but acaricide is more properly used for agents against ticks and mites. More specific terms such as lousicide and miticide are sometimes used.

Insecticide (Nature)

A chemical used to kill insects.

Insecticide (Pests)

A material used specifically to manage or prevent damage caused by insects. Sometimes generalized to be synonymous with pesticides.

Insecticide (Science)

An agent used to exterminate insects

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