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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assaig

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

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

reactivitat

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Refers to those hazardous wastes that are normally unstable and readily undergo violent chemical change but do not explode.

receptor

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Ecological entity exposed to a stressor.

bactericida

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A pesticide used to control or destroy bacteria, typically in the home, schools, or hospitals.

aquós

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

aquosa = del llatí "aqua" = aigua, que ha/porta l'aigua

regeneració

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Manipulation of cells to cause them to develop into whole plants.

Amount of a pollutant remaining in the environment after a natural or technological process has taken place; e.g., the sludge remaining after initial wastewater treatment, or particulates remaining ...