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US
/ˈɝbɪˌsaɪd, ˈhɝbɪˌsaɪd/
]
[ UK /hˈɜːbɪsˌaɪd/ ]
[ UK /hˈɜːbɪsˌaɪd/ ]
NOUN
- a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth
How To Use herbicide In A Sentence
- Because wheat emerges so quickly, weeds must be killed before drilling using tillage or contact herbicides.
- When herbicide-resistant crops are commercially grown, it is possible that herbicide-resistant weeds will develop if genes are transferred from the transgenic crop to related weedy species.
- MIC is used as a chemical intermediate in the production of carbamate insecticides and herbicides. Bhopal, India
- The test results of ethametsulfuron to control monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous weed in oil rape fieldshowed much better than those of traditional herbicides.
- Measures to thwart them include burning, herbicides, and "tammy whacking" (physical removal sometimes done by freelance volunteers). Uncategorized Blog Posts
- The need for aphicide should be assessed on crops that are just emerging, but which have already had a pre-emergence herbicide. FWi - All News
- In the UK intensive agriculture with the use of chemical pesticides and herbicides to boost crop production has squeezed wildlife out of many former strongholds.
- Most alternative herbicide programs require seedling alfalfa to have at least two to four trifoliate leaves before applying treatments.
- Subsequent hand-weeding is usually carried out 2 months after planting and again after 5 months, but in Colombia the use of the herbicide linuron at the rate of 0.75 kg/ha has been found to give excellent control over broad-leaved weeds if applied 40-50 days after planting. Chapter 8
- Some wheat farmers may be warming to the prospect of a new tool to help them grow more robust and profitable wheat, engineered to withstand herbicides.