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Definition of Miticide
1. a substance used to kill mites [n -S]
Medical Definition of Miticide
1. An agent destructive to mites. Origin: mite + L. Caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miticide
Literary usage of Miticide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Management Guide for Low-Input Sustainable Apple Production by Lorraine P. Berkett (1994)
"Suppressive measures include using a half rate of miticide or a half spray of
miticide, or using an insecticide that suppresses mite populations. ..."
2. Alternative Farming Systems by K. Schnieder (1994)
"OR miticide? OR INSECTICIDE? OR RODENTICIDE? OR FUMIGA? OR ANTIBIOTIC? OR MEDICAT?
OR MEDICIN? OR VACCIN? OR AGROCHEMICAL?)/TI,DE,ID,SH 8. ..."
3. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"Dicofol Dicofol [bis(chlorophenyl)2,2,2-trichloro- ethanol] is an agricultural
miticide for crops such as cotton, beans, citrus, and grapes. ..."
4. Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence by Raoul A. Robinson (1996)
"miticide: A pesticide that kills mites. Monocotyledon: The first leaves produced
by seeds are called cotyledons. Flowering plants are divided into those ..."
5. Pacific Northwest Agricultural Insect & Plant Disease Study Manual by Hugh W. Homan, Russell W. Clausen (1998)
"... residual insecticide carbaryl (Sevin) broad spectrum insecticide
carbofuran (Furadan) broad spectrum insecticide, nematicide, miticide ..."
6. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"Exposure of Spray Applicators and Mixer-Loaders to Chlorobenzilate miticide in
Florida Citrus Groves. Arch. Environmental Contamination Toxicology. ..."
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