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Definition of Tadpole shrimp
1. Noun. A kind of branchiopod crustacean.
Group relationships: Genus Triops, Triops
Definition of Tadpole shrimp
1. Noun. a crustacean from the Notostraca order. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tadpole Shrimp
Literary usage of Tadpole shrimp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Conference on Weed Control in Rice, 31 August-4 September by International Rice Research Institute, International Weed Science Society (1983)
"MATSUNAKA: The application of tadpole shrimp is limited because hatching ...
Therefore a combination of a herbicide with the tadpole shrimp is needed. ..."
2. A Handbook for Weed Control in Rice by Kwesi Ampong-Nyarko, Surajit K. De Datta (1991)
"The possibility of using tadpole shrimp ... Labor for hand weeding in farmers'
fields was reduced 70-80% in initial field trials with tadpole shrimp. ..."
3. Biology and Management of the Floodwater Ecosystem in Rice Fields by Pierre A. Roger (1996)
"Populations of 20-30 tadpole shrimp/m2 reduced weed populations in farmers' fields
and labor for weeding by 70-80%. Eggs of the shrimp tolerate ..."
4. Herbicides in Asian Rice: Transitions in Weed Management by Rosamond Naylor (1996)
"Herbicides can be expected to be the key technology of weed management in future.
Biological control. Some organisms—insects, tadpole shrimp, fungi, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Second Temperate Rice Conference by B Hardy, J E Hill (2002)
"A group of arthropods that includes tadpole shrimp, Triops longicaudatus; crayfish,
Procambarus clarki and Orconectes virilis; and seed midges, ..."