chemical pesticide
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchemicalandpesticide
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chemical
adjective
uk/ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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pesticide
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈpes.tɪ.saɪd/us/ˈpes.tə.saɪd/
a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants, and other ...
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(Definition ofchemicalandpesticidefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The use of chemical pesticides is being reduced everywhere, but particularly in sensitive areas, such as close to schools.
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We are asking for an overall strategy, which combines healthy crops with the lowest possible input of chemical pesticides.
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These researches will lead steadily to the growth of our understanding, and will help us to gain the maximum benefit of chemical pesticides with the minimum of hazard.
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Already some transgenic crops have the potential to reducechemicalpesticideand fertilizer use.
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For example, snails may be dealt with through the use of achemicalpesticide, an organic pesticide, hand-picking, barriers, or simply growing snail-resistant plants.
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Reduction and elimination ofchemicalpesticideuse is technically challenging.
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Organic cropping systems differ primarily from conventional systems because the use of mineral fertilizers and synthetic chemical pesticides are prohibited.
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Currently, tick control, where it occurs at all, is heavily dependent on two approaches : the use of chemical pesticides and the use of tickresistant animals.
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The use of chemical pesticides however is increasingly problematic for a number of reasons.
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Products produced without chemical pesticides will sell for 30 % more to merchants.
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For example, the new transgenic crops could reduce the use of chemical pesticides and lower the environmental risks of pesticides still in use.
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Even when the profit increments were compared, the products of the other groups, apart from that with no pest control, all made higher profits than the chemical pesticides control group.
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These attributes reduce the need to use chemical pesticides; there is less spoilage and greater and more reliable production.
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We are halving the use of chemical pesticides.
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Many people feel that it faces a much greater threat from chemical pesticides than from loss of habitat.
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