For Pesticide we have terms and definitions in 11 topics. The topics are Agriculture, Environment, Food, Food and Health, Forestry, Genetics and Food, Nature, Oceanography, Pests, Sanitation and Science.

Pesticide (Agriculture)

Used to destroy pests. Fungicides (destroys fungus), herbicides (destroys plants), insecticides (destroys insects), and nematicides (destroys nematodes) are all pesticides.

Pesticide (Environment)

Substances or mixture there of intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. Also, any substance or mixture intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant.

Pesticide (Food)

A broad class of crop protection chemicals including four major types: insecticides used to control insects; herbicides used to control weeds; rodenticides used to control rodents; and fungicides used to control mold, mildew and fungi.
addition consumers use pesticides in the home or yard to control termites and roaches, clean mold from shower curtains, stave off crab grass on the lawn, kill fleas and ticks on pets and disinfect swimming pools, to name just a few "specialty" pesticide uses.

Pesticide (Food and Health)

A broad class of crop protection chemicals including four major types: insecticides used to control insects; herbicides used to control weeds; rodenticides used to control rodents; and fungicides used to control mold, mildew and fungi.
In addition consumers use pesticides in the home or yard to control termites and roaches, clean mold from shower curtains, stave off crab grass on the lawn, kill fleas and ticks on pets and disinfect swimming pools, to name just a few "specialty" pesticide uses.

Pesticide (Forestry)

Any chemical used to kill or control pests.

Pesticide (Genetics and Food)

Chemical substance which is toxic to particular insect pests. Sprayed onto crops to prevent damage by pests.

Pesticide (Nature)

A chemical used to kill fungi, insects, plants, or rodents.

Pesticide (Oceanography)

Substance for killing 'pests' - usually insects and small anmials that destroy crops or carry disease. Some pesticides - particularly older types - often kill a wide variety of animals. Many modern pesticides are better targeted (kill mainly the animals you intend to kill), and less persistent in the environment.

Pesticide (Pests)

A substance or agent used to kill pests. Comes in many different formulations and types. There are residual, and non-residual (contact) pesticides. Pesticides are also described as insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, nematicides, and rodenticides. depending upon the class of pests they are being used to control.

Pesticide (Sanitation)

Any chemical or biological agent that kills plants or animal pests. Herbicides, insecticides, nematocides, miticides, algicides, etc., are all pesticides.

Pesticide (Science)

A chemical used to destroy pests, especially insects and rodents

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