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in·sec·ti·cide
/ inˈsektiˌsīd/
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n.
a substance used for killing insects.
DERIVATIVES:
in·sec·ti·cid·al
/ -ˌsektiˈsīdl/ adj.
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Insecticide to kill older mosquitoes more sustainable approach to stall malaria.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 4/7/2009; 700+ words
; ...repeated exposure to an insecticide breeds a new generation...that particular insecticide. "Insecticides sprayed on house...Late-life acting insecticides would avoid that...create a single insecticide that would solve...
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Insecticides not exactly easy to use effectively in turfgrass.
Magazine article from: Landscape & Irrigation; 4/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...drenching the insecticide into the turf...advisable." Insecticides applied too early...application reduces insecticide use, but takes...organophosphate or carbamate insecticides. You should apply...short-residual insecticide gives no protection...application of insecticides is ...
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SmartBox offers insecticide application alternative. (Ingersoll-DFresser Pumps' insecticide container handling system)
Magazine article from: Implement & Tractor; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...technology, this insecticide container...system applies insecticides to crops...SmartBox insecticide container...decades, insecticides have been...newly labeled insecticide products...to apply insecticides to crops...
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Research Report on Chinese Insecticide Market 2009-2011.
M2 Presswire; 8/5/2009; 700+ words
; ...expanded. Chinese insecticide market began to recover...rice. Demands for insecticides in the market increased...accordingly and the price of insecticide products increased...the price of main insecticide technical increased...and pollution-free insecticides has been under discussion...
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Reportlinker Adds Research Report on Chinese Insecticide Market 2009-2011 Report.
Business Wire; 10/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...and export enterprises of insecticides - Investors of the insecticide industry - Potential investors...Development History of Chinese Insecticide Industry 1.2 Effects of Insecticides 1.3 Features of Insecticide Consumers 1.4 Main Kinds...
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Insecticide use tied to RA, lupus in women.(RHEUMATOLOGY)(rheumatoid arthritis)(Report)
Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News; 11/15/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...respondents applied insecticides in the past...residential insecticide use, investigators...residential insecticide use. The...never used insecticides, those who...personal insecticide use. Living...house where insecticides had been...
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Organic Solutions Insecticides Roll Out Three New Lines Of Earth Smart Insecticides.
Business Wire; 5/16/1995; 700+ words
; ...an international insecticide company, today announced...Earth (DE)-based insecticides into the domestic...Solutions' lines of insecticides are composed of diatomaceous...combined into a powder insecticide, form a unique insect...Organic Solutions insecticides physically abrades...
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An intervention to reduce residential insecticide exposure during pregnancy among an inner-city cohort.(Research)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...pregnancy. KEY WORDS: insecticides, integrated pest...Insecticide use in inner-city...organophosphate and carbamate insecticides (Whyatt et al. 2003...addition, these same insecticides were detected in 45...newborns at delivery. Insecticide levels in maternal...
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Research and Markets: Research Report on Chinese Insecticide Market 2009-2011.(Industry overview)(Report)
Business Wire; 8/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...expanded. Chinese insecticide market began to recover...rice. Demands for insecticides in the market increased...accordingly and the price of insecticide products increased...the price of main insecticide technical increased...and pollution-free insecticides has been under discussion...
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Yu, S. 2008. The toxicology and biochemistry of insecticides.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Florida Entomologist; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Biochemistry of Insecticides. CRC Press...recent years, insecticide toxicology has...developments that make insecticide toxicology both...highly selective insecticides that affect processes...unbiased overview of insecticides and equal weight...the diversity of insecticide ...
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Insecticides
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Insecticides An insecticide is a substance...judicious use of insecticides. However, the benefits of insecticide use are partly...Today of course, insecticide use is much more...more than 300 insecticides were available...
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Insecticides and Herbicides
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...organophosphorous and carbamate insecticides, which generally circumvented...Agriculture also developed systemic insecticides to protect plants and animals...became the first systemic insecticide ingested by cattle to kill...called second generation of insecticides encountered two other problems...
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insecticides
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...compounds and plant-derived insecticides were developed. Except for...pyrethrin, and rotenone, early insecticides were almost all inorganic...As early as the 1920s, insecticide use in the United States...environmental protection, chemical insecticides became objects of scientific...
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Insecticide Poisoning
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Insecticide Poisoning Definition Insecticide poisoning is exposure...death. Description Insecticides belong to a group...Common names for insecticides include dichlorvos...special type of insecticide called paraquat...
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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Book article from: Pollution A to Z
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is...environmental protection agency. "federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act (fifra...
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