Pesticides
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| Compound | A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.
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| 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.
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| Net Contents | The statement on the label which provides the amount of food in the container or package.
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| Carcinogen | A substance capable of causing in living tissue.
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| Toxicity | The degree to which a substance can damage an organism.
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| Xylem Tissue | Wood, though it is found throughout the plant.
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| Insecticides | A substance used for killing insects.
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| Phloem Tissue | In the vascular plants that conducts food from the leaves and other photosynthetic.
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| Common Name | A taxon or organism; A name that is based on the normal language of everyday life.
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| Symbols | A thing that represents or stands for something else.
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| Volatilization | The process whereby a dissolved sample is vaporised.
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| Drift | Be carried slowly by a current of air or water; A continuous slow movement from one place to another.
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| Trade Name | A name that has the status of a trademark; A name by which something is known in a particular trade or profession.
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| Element | A part or aspect of something abstract.
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| Formulation | The action of devising or creating something; A material or mixture prepared according to a particular formula.
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| Biennial Weed | a flowering plant that takes two years to complete its biological lifecycle.
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| Instars | The name given to the developmental stage of an arthropod between moults.
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| 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.
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| Vector | An organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another.
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| Nematodes | A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm.
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| Insect | A small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings.
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| Chemical Control | Chemicals that either kill pests or inhibit their development.
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| Metamorphosis | The process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
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| Causal Agent | Refers to the biological pathogen that causes a disease.
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| Perennial Weed | A plant that lives for more than two years.
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| Hyphae | A long, branching filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Bacteria | A member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus.
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| Annual Weed | A plant that completes its life cycle within a year.
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| Biological Control | A bioeffector-method of controlling pests using other living organisms.
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| 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.
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| Cultural Control | The practice of modifying the growing environment to reduce the prevalence of unwanted pests.
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| Arachnid | An arthropod of the class; Relating to or denoting arachnids.
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| 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.
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| Eradication | The complete destruction of something.
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| Key Pest | An insect, mite, disease or weed that frequently results in unacceptable damage and thus typically requires a management action.
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| 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.
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| Fungi | Any of a group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter.
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| Pathogens | Anything that causes a disease.
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