Pesticides

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.

Industry: Agricultural chemicals

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Conventional tilling

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Tillage operations considered standard for a specific location and crop and that tend to bury the crop residues; usually considered as a base for determining the cost effectiveness of control ...

Conveyance loss

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Water loss in pipes, channels, conduits, ditches by leakage or evaporation.

Cooling electricity use

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Amount of electricity used to meet the building cooling load. (See: building cooling load.)

Cooling tower

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Device which dissipates the heat from water-cooled systems by spraying the water through streams of rapidly moving air.

An assistance agreement whereby EPA transfers money, property, services or anything of value to a state, university, non-profit, or not-for-profit organisation for the accomplishment of authorised ...

Core

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The uranium-containing heart of a nuclear reactor, where energy is released.

Core programme cooperative agreement

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

An assistance agreement whereby EPA supports states or tribal governments with funds to help defray the cost of non-item-specific administrative and training activities.