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| Control of pest populations by natural predators, parasites, or disease-causing bacteria and viruses (pathogens). |
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| Organic compound made up of atoms of carbon, hydrogen, and chlorine. Examples are DDT and PCBs. |
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| Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, a chlorinated hydrocarbon that has been widely used as an insecticide but is now banned in some countries. |
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| Chemical that kills fungi. |
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| Chemical that kills a plant or inhibits its growth. |
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| Chemical that kills insects. |
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| integrated pest management (IPM) |
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| Combined use of biological, chemical, and cultivation methods in proper sequence and timing to keep the size of a pest population below the size that causes economically unacceptable loss of a crop or livestock animal. |
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| See polychlorinated biphenyls. |
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| Unwanted organism that directly or indirectly interferes with human activities. |
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| Any chemical designed to kill or inhibit the growth of an organism that people consider undesirable. See fungicide, herbicide, insecticide. |
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| polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) |
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| Group of 209 different toxic, oily, synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds that can be biologically amplified in food chains and webs. |
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