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Pesticides
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Compound | A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture. |
| Signal Words | In order to be able to lead your reader in the direction you want to go, you will have to use strong transitions in your writing. |
| Net Contents | The statement on the label which provides the amount of food in the container or package. |
| Carcinogen | A substance capable of causing in living tissue. |
| Toxicity | The degree to which a substance can damage an organism. |
| Xylem Tissue | Wood, though it is found throughout the plant. |
| Insecticides | A substance used for killing insects. |
| Phloem Tissue | In the vascular plants that conducts food from the leaves and other photosynthetic. |
| Common Name | A taxon or organism; A name that is based on the normal language of everyday life. |
| Symbols | A thing that represents or stands for something else. |
| Volatilization | The process whereby a dissolved sample is vaporised. |
| Drift | Be carried slowly by a current of air or water; A continuous slow movement from one place to another. |
| Trade Name | A name that has the status of a trademark; A name by which something is known in a particular trade or profession. |
| Element | A part or aspect of something abstract. |
| Formulation | The action of devising or creating something; A material or mixture prepared according to a particular formula. |
| Biennial Weed | a flowering plant that takes two years to complete its biological lifecycle. |
| Instars | The name given to the developmental stage of an arthropod between moults. |
| Noxious Weed | A weed that has been designated by an agricultural authority as one that is injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops, natural habitats or ecosystems, or humans or livestock. |
| Vector | An organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another. |
| Nematodes | A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm. |
| Insect | A small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings. |
| Chemical Control | Chemicals that either kill pests or inhibit their development. |
| Metamorphosis | The process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages. |
| Causal Agent | Refers to the biological pathogen that causes a disease. |
| Perennial Weed | A plant that lives for more than two years. |
| Hyphae | A long, branching filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium. |
| Diseases | A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affect a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury. |
| Disease Triangle | One of the first concepts encountered by college students in an introductory plant pathology course and often may be re-encountered in higher level classes as a fundamental principle of the factors involved in disease causation. |
| Bacteria | A member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus. |
| Annual Weed | A plant that completes its life cycle within a year. |
| Biological Control | A bioeffector-method of controlling pests using other living organisms. |
| Pesticide Control | The regulation or management of a species defines as a pest, usually because it is perceived to be detrimental to a person's health, the ecology or the economy. |
| Cultural Control | The practice of modifying the growing environment to reduce the prevalence of unwanted pests. |
| Arachnid | An arthropod of the class; Relating to or denoting arachnids. |
| Viruses | An infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host. |
| Eradication | The complete destruction of something. |
| Key Pest | An insect, mite, disease or weed that frequently results in unacceptable damage and thus typically requires a management action. |
| Quarantine | A medical term for the act of keeping an object in enforced isolation for a period of time to limit or prevent the spread of disease or infection. |
| Fungi | Any of a group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter. |
| Pathogens | Anything that causes a disease. |
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