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Pesticides
Any chemical or substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of pests that damage or interfere with the growth of crops, shrubs, tress, timber and other vegetation useful to humans.
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Cone of depression
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A depression in the water table that develops around a pumped well.
Cone of influence
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The depression, roughly conical in shape, produced in a water table by the pumping of water from a well.
Cone Penterometer Testing (CPT)
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A direct push system used to measure lithology based on soil penetration resistance. Sensors in the tip of the cone of the DP rod measure tip resistance and side-wall friction, transmitting ...
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Material that contains trade secrets or commercial or financial information that has been claimed as confidential by its source (e.g. a pesticide or new chemical formulation registrant). EPA has ...
Confidential Statement of Formula (CSF)
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A list of the ingredients in a new pesticide or chemical formulation. The list is submitted at the time for application for registration or change in formulation.
Confined aquifer
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
An aquifer in which ground water is confined under pressure which is significantly greater than atmospheric pressure.
Confluent growth
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A continuous bacterial growth covering all or part of the filtration area of a membrane philtre in which the bacteria colonies are not discrete.
