pesticide Definition
pes·ti·cide (pes′tə sīd′)
pesticide Related Forms
pes′·ti·ci′·dal adjective
pesticide Usage Examples
Converse of subject
poison: Women's Editor Christen Pears reports Are we being poisoned by pesticides?
Converse of object
spray: Pests in the cotton can be controlled by the regular application of pesticides sprayed onto the plants.
Adjective modifier
- organochlorine: By the 1950's, organochlorine pesticides such as DDT were in general use.
- unapproved: Under regulation 4 of the Regulations, it is an offense to advertize, sell, supply, store or use an unapproved pesticide.
- synthetic: A synthetic pesticide called permethrin is now used in treating timber.
- toxic: These should not attract the same censure as manmade, more generally toxic, chemical pesticides.
- obsolete: Although many chemicals have been banned, the FAO estimate that up to 10,000 tons of obsolete pesticides remain in the developing world.
- agricultural: Now, what's going to happen about all those agricultural pesticides that rural residents have to breath day in day out every year.
Modifies a noun
- residue: In 2003, the average level of pesticide residues in Delhi samples was 34 times above the same BIS standard.
- poisoning: The symptoms of green tobacco sickness are very similar to those of pesticide poisoning.
- applicator: He said state rules exist so that pesticide applicators have uniform standards.
- spray: Every year, a billion gallons of pesticide spray lands on British crops.
- usage: During 1995 regional pesticide usage closely approximated to the areas of vegetable crops grown in each country.
- formulation: In terms of efficacy requirements PSD considers these changes in the same light as any other change to pesticide formulation.
Noun used with modifier
- organophosphate: Psychological effects of organophosphate pesticides: a review and call for research by psychologists.
- organochlorine: Sea fish: Members noted that 69 samples of sea fish were tested for 11 organochlorine pesticide residues.
- organochloride: Mainly due to widespread use of organochloride pesticides ( e.g.
- OP: In their military form, OP pesticides can kill in seconds or lead to permanent disability.
- carbamate: Long term neurological effects of mild poisonings with organophosphate and N-methyl carbamate pesticides among banana workers.
- chemical: Less chemical pesticide needs to be applied to some GM crops.
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