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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Pesticides

Assay

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A test for a specific chemical, microbe, or effect.

Parameter

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A variable, measurable property whose value is a determinant of the characteristics of a system; e.g. temperature, pressure, and density are parameters of the atmosphere.

Absorption

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The uptake of water , other fluids, or dissolved chemicals by a cell or an organism (as tree roots absorb dissolved nutrients in soil.)

Alkaline

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of alkali substance to raise the pH above 7.0.

Allergen

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A substance that causes an allergic reaction in individuals sensitive to it.

Anaerobic

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A life or process that occurs in, or is not destroyed by, the absence of oxygen.

Removal of a pollutant from air or water by collecting the pollutant on the surface of a solid material; e.g., an advanced method of treating waste in which activated carbon removes organic matter ...