pesticide
Crop protection spray
A pesticide is a chemical substance used to kill organisms considered harmful or unwanted—insects, weeds, fungi, rodents.
The term covers insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and similar agents.
Pesticides are essential to modern agriculture but controversial for their environmental and health effects: The farm switched to organic methods to avoid pesticides.
Cultivated agricultural plants
- harvestGathering mature crops
- farmAgricultural land tract
- farmerOne who cultivates land
- orchardFruit tree plantation
vineyard · spray · irrigation · yield · cultivation · planting · soil · fumigation
Harmful ingested substance
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
- carcinogenicCauses cancer
- lethalCausing or capable of death
harmful · contamination · exposure · poisoning · acute · chronic · bioaccumulation · biomagnification
Agent destroying tiny arachnids
- organophosphatePhosphorus compound, often toxic
- neonicotinoidNicotine-like synthetic bug killer
- glyphosateBroad-spectrum systemic herbicide
- DDTBanned chlorinated insecticide
formulation · active ingredient · inert · synthetic · systemic · contact · residual
Excess water drainage
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- pollutantEnvironment-harming agent
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
bee · pollinator · fish kill · bioaccumulation · drift · leaching · persistence · degradation
Pest takeover situation
- eradicateDestroy completely, utterly
- eliminateRemove completely
- killCause death
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
fumigate · vermin · insect · rodent · termite · cockroach · mosquito · aphid
Federal environmental regulator
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
monitoring · policy · standards · guidelines · restrictions · ban · certification · licensing
crop
Cultivated agricultural plants
orchard · vineyard · spray · irrigation · yield · cultivation · planting · soil · fumigation · application
poison
Harmful ingested substance
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
- carcinogenicCauses cancer
lethal · harmful · contamination · exposure · poisoning · acute · chronic · bioaccumulation · biomagnification · LD50
miticide
Agent destroying tiny arachnids
- organophosphatePhosphorus compound, often toxic
- neonicotinoidNicotine-like synthetic bug killer
- glyphosateBroad-spectrum systemic herbicide
DDT · formulation · active ingredient · inert · synthetic · systemic · contact · residual
runoff
Excess water drainage
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- pollutantEnvironment-harming agent
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
wildlife · bee · pollinator · fish kill · bioaccumulation · drift · leaching · persistence · degradation · half-life
infestation
Pest takeover situation
exterminator · fumigate · vermin · insect · rodent · termite · cockroach · mosquito · aphid · mite
EPA
Federal environmental regulator
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
enforcement · monitoring · policy · standards · guidelines · restrictions · ban · certification · licensing · registration
- chemicalschemicals, compounds, acids, reagents, solutions
- -cide wordshomicide, suicide, genocide, fratricide, matricide
- Agrochemicalsfertilizer, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, fertilizers
- bug killersbug spray, ant killer, flea bomb, bed bug treatment
- Garden Chemicalsfertilizer, weed killer, bug spray, plant food, lawn food
- hazmathazmat suit, hazmat, hazardous materials, biohazard, dangerous goods
pesticidefertilizer
Soil nutrient supplement
plant food · nutrient · compost · manure · soil amendment
pesticidebiological control
Pest suppression via natural enemies
natural predator · beneficial insect · companion planting · organic farming · permaculture
- natural pesticidesPest control from organic sources
- pesticide exposureContact with bug-killing agents
- pesticide residueChemicals left on sprayed plants
- organic pesticidesNature-derived crop protection chemicals
- synthetic pesticidesMan-made agricultural poisons
- pesticide banProhibition on pest-killing chemicals