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Bioherbicide — A bioherbicide (or biopesticide) is a herbicide that is based on a living organism, such as fungi, bacteria or protozoa, which eats or renders vulnerable the pests that the user wishes to eradicate. A bioherbicide based on a fungus is called a… … Wikipedia
Bioherbicide — Les bioherbicides sont des agents biologiques visant les plantes. Dans le cas d une guerre biologique, les bioherbicides pourraient avoir des conséquences désastreuses sur l économie d un pays et sa capacité à s autosuffire. Portail de… … Wikipédia en Français
Pesticide — A cropduster spraying pesticide on a field Pesticides are substances or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest.[1] A pesticide may be a chemical unicycle, biological agent (such as a virus or… … Wikipedia
Herbicide — Weeds killed with herbicide Herbicides, also commonly known as weedkillers, are pesticides used to kill unwanted plants.[1] Selective herbicides kill specific targets while leaving the desired crop relatively unharmed. Some of these act by… … Wikipedia
Fungicide — Fungicides are chemical compounds or biological organisms used to kill or inhibit fungi or fungal spores.[1] Fungi can cause serious damage in agriculture, resulting in critical losses of yield, quality and profit. Fungicides are used both in… … Wikipedia
Rodenticide — A wild rat Rat poison redirects here. For the window manager, see ratpoison. Rodenticides are a category of pest control chemicals intended to kill rodents. Single feed baits are chemicals sufficiently dangerous that the first dose is sufficient… … Wikipedia
Mycoherbicide — A mycoherbicide is a bioherbicide based on a fungus. In the United States In the United State House of Representatives, the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (H.R. 2829) passed with the inclusion of language to… … Wikipedia
Persistent organic pollutant — State parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes … Wikipedia
Non-pesticide management — Non pesticidal Management (NPM) describes various pest control techniques which do not rely on pesticides. It is used in organic production of foodstuff, as well as in other situations in which the introduction of toxins is undesirable. Instead… … Wikipedia
List of environmental topics (B) — This is a list of environmental topics. They relate to the effect of human activity on the environment.*B Reactor ( plutonium production reactor ) (in Washington state in the US) *Bachelor of Environmental Studies *Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan pipeline… … Wikipedia
