Insecticide
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azobenzene, chlorohydrocarbon insecticide, organophosphorus insecticide, plant insecticide
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Scope Note
pesticides designed to control insects that are harmful to man; insects may be directly harmful, as those acting as disease vectors, or indirectly harmful, as destroyers of crops, food products, or textile fabrics.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- The downside to these types of insecticide is that they are very persistent.
- An insecticide is a pesticide whose purpose is to kill or to prevent the multiplication of insects.
- There are thousands of continuous cornfields across Iowa in which a rootworm insecticide is not used and is not necessary.
- Because a single microbial insecticide is toxic to only a specific species or group of insects, each application may control only a portion of the pests present in a field, garden, or lawn.
- A few factors that can contribute to a poor treatment are when: the insecticide is diluted with too much water, the insecticide is not injected to the footings of the basement, there is an insufficient volume of insecticide injected or, the soil is frozen or saturated during injection.
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