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Definition of Insecticides
1. insecticide [n] - See also: insecticide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insecticides
Literary usage of Insecticides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1900)
"Among the latter insecticides may be mentioned insect powder, sulphur, ...
Experience has proved that a great many of the insecticides mentioned above are ..."
2. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"The action of insecticides may be considered under three classes: (1) those that act
... Insects differ markedly in their power of resisting insecticides. ..."
3. 57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (& Yourself) by Rick Weinzierl (1999)
"Pros and cons Microbial insecticides battle damaging insects by enlisting the aid of
... They are "unconventional" insecticides, but they can be applied in ..."
4. 50 Ways Farmers Can Protect Their Groundwater by Michael C. Hirschi, F. William Simmons, Doug Peterson, Ed Giles (1998)
"Pros and cons Biological insecticides are actual living organisms or the toxins
... The chief benefit of using biological, or microbial, insecticides is ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"insecticides.—CASTELLANI and JACKSON (Jour. Trop. Mcd., November 15, 1915) give
the results of experiments carried out in Serbia on the efficacy or ..."
6. Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard by Ezra Dwight Sanderson (1921)
"CHAPTER V insecticides MATERIALS used for the destruction of insects are commonly
called insecticides, and arc roughly divisible into four classes: 1. ..."
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