Insecticide
noun
A chemical that is used to kill insects.
The farmer sprayed insecticide on the crops to protect them from pests.
Often appears as...
- spray insecticide
- insecticide resistance
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Technical
noun
A chemical that is used to kill insects.
The farmer sprayed insecticide on the crops to protect them from pests.
Often appears as...
- spray insecticide
- insecticide resistance
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Usage Context
The word insecticide is often used in agricultural and gardening contexts.
The handbook on gardening recommends using insecticide early in the season.
Pro Tip 2/3Resistance Concerns
Insecticide resistance happens when insects become immune to the chemicals over time.
Due to overuse, we are now dealing with insecticide resistance in the field.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Impact
Be aware that insecticides can affect more than just pests; they can harm other wildlife too.
Environment groups warn about the insecticide's impact on bees.
Pro Tip 1/3Usage Context
The word insecticide is often used in agricultural and gardening contexts.
The handbook on gardening recommends using insecticide early in the season.
Pro Tip 2/3Resistance Concerns
Insecticide resistance happens when insects become immune to the chemicals over time.
Due to overuse, we are now dealing with insecticide resistance in the field.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Impact
Be aware that insecticides can affect more than just pests; they can harm other wildlife too.
Environment groups warn about the insecticide's impact on bees.
Pro Tip 1/3Usage Context
The word insecticide is often used in agricultural and gardening contexts.
The handbook on gardening recommends using insecticide early in the season.
Pro Tip 2/3Resistance Concerns
Insecticide resistance happens when insects become immune to the chemicals over time.
Due to overuse, we are now dealing with insecticide resistance in the field.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Impact
Be aware that insecticides can affect more than just pests; they can harm other wildlife too.
Environment groups warn about the insecticide's impact on bees.
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Do we really need...
which is resistant to over 50 different insecticides. Another downside is that other bugs get caught in the crossfire. Some of these are helpful predators of plant pests or vital pollinators, so erasing them from agriculture wipes out their benefits, too. Pesticides have improved over time
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Emma Teeling: The secret...
Now how can this help us? Well, it has been calculated that if we were to remove bats from the equation, we're going to have to then use insecticides to remove all those pest insects that feed on our agricultural crops. And for one year in the U.S. alone, it's estimated
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Why are cockroaches so...
with a pyrethroid insecticide, for example, the results will likely be fatal. Once absorbed, the chemical binds to sodium channel proteins, which help propagate nerve impulses. The pyrethroid keeps the sodium channels open, so the nerves fire repeatedly.
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Marla Spivak: Why bees...
that can be more toxic than the active ingredient. This small bee is holding up a large mirror. How much is it going to take to contaminate humans? One of these class of insecticides, the neonicontinoids, is making headlines around the world right now.
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Esther Duflo: Social...
an insecticide treated bed net and you can teach someone to use them. And, not only do they protect the people who sleep under them, but they have these great contagion benefits. If half of a community sleeps under a net, the other half also benefits
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How we plan to beat...
immediate Abasi are the world's most devastating insect pests they have a global distribution they look alike they transmit plant viruses and become insecticide resistant very quickly the white flies use their stylus or modified
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
sometimes twice a day, when pest pressure is high. But we know that some insecticides are very harmful to human health, especially when farmers and their families cannot afford proper protection, like these children.
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Just add water: The...
Human intervention can also help. Researchers use satellite imagery to identify regions at risk of becoming locust hotspots and alert local governments. While most countries fight back with chemical insecticides,
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The life cycle of a...
Meanwhile, cotton uses more insecticides and pesticides than any other crop in the world. These pollutants can be carcinogenic, harm the health of field workers, and damage surrounding ecosystems.
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Illegal Marijuana Farms...
Mercado nada nada, no guy Says he doesn't use insecticides Pretty surprised to find out all right, he said no car for urine, but what we're finding is a spray bottle up there
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Do we really need...
which is resistant to over 50 different insecticides. Another downside is that other bugs get caught in the crossfire. Some of these are helpful predators of plant pests or vital pollinators, so erasing them from agriculture wipes out their benefits, too. Pesticides have improved over time
Video examples
Emma Teeling: The secret...
Now how can this help us? Well, it has been calculated that if we were to remove bats from the equation, we're going to have to then use insecticides to remove all those pest insects that feed on our agricultural crops. And for one year in the U.S. alone, it's estimated
Video examples
Why are cockroaches so...
with a pyrethroid insecticide, for example, the results will likely be fatal. Once absorbed, the chemical binds to sodium channel proteins, which help propagate nerve impulses. The pyrethroid keeps the sodium channels open, so the nerves fire repeatedly.
Video examples
Marla Spivak: Why bees...
that can be more toxic than the active ingredient. This small bee is holding up a large mirror. How much is it going to take to contaminate humans? One of these class of insecticides, the neonicontinoids, is making headlines around the world right now.
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Esther Duflo: Social...
an insecticide treated bed net and you can teach someone to use them. And, not only do they protect the people who sleep under them, but they have these great contagion benefits. If half of a community sleeps under a net, the other half also benefits
Video examples
How we plan to beat...
immediate Abasi are the world's most devastating insect pests they have a global distribution they look alike they transmit plant viruses and become insecticide resistant very quickly the white flies use their stylus or modified
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
sometimes twice a day, when pest pressure is high. But we know that some insecticides are very harmful to human health, especially when farmers and their families cannot afford proper protection, like these children.
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Just add water: The...
Human intervention can also help. Researchers use satellite imagery to identify regions at risk of becoming locust hotspots and alert local governments. While most countries fight back with chemical insecticides,
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
Meanwhile, cotton uses more insecticides and pesticides than any other crop in the world. These pollutants can be carcinogenic, harm the health of field workers, and damage surrounding ecosystems.
Video examples
Illegal Marijuana Farms...
Mercado nada nada, no guy Says he doesn't use insecticides Pretty surprised to find out all right, he said no car for urine, but what we're finding is a spray bottle up there
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William A. Dembski
American Philosopher
Natural selection certainly operates. It explains how bacteria will gain antibiotic resistance; it will explain how insects get insecticide resistance, but it doesn't explain how you get bacteria or insects in the first place.
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Gregory Benford
American Physicist
In temperate zones, winter is the best insecticide; it keeps the bugs in check. The tropics enjoy no such respite, so plants there have developed a wide range of alkaloids that kill off nosy insects and animals.
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William A. Dembski
American Philosopher
Natural selection certainly operates. It explains how bacteria will gain antibiotic resistance; it will explain how insects get insecticide resistance, but it doesn't explain how you get bacteria or insects in the first place.
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Gregory Benford
American Physicist
In temperate zones, winter is the best insecticide; it keeps the bugs in check. The tropics enjoy no such respite, so plants there have developed a wide range of alkaloids that kill off nosy insects and animals.
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