Definition of Miticide

1. Noun. Any pesticide intended to kill mites ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Miticide

1. a substance used to kill mites [n -S]

Medical Definition of Miticide

1. An agent destructive to mites. Origin: mite + L. Caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Miticide

mithqals
mithraic
mithraistic
mithramycin
mithridate
mithridate mustard
mithridatic
mithridatics
mithridatisation
mithridatism
mithridatization
mithridatize
mithridatized
mithril
miticidal
miticide (current term)
miticides
mitier
mitiest
mitigable
mitigant
mitigants
mitigate
mitigated
mitigates
mitigating
mitigating circumstance
mitigatingly
mitigation
mitigations

Literary usage of Miticide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Management Guide for Low-Input Sustainable Apple Production by Lorraine P. Berkett (1994)
"Suppressive measures include using a half rate of miticide or a half spray of miticide, or using an insecticide that suppresses mite populations. ..."

2. Alternative Farming Systems by K. Schnieder (1994)
"OR miticide? OR INSECTICIDE? OR RODENTICIDE? OR FUMIGA? OR ANTIBIOTIC? OR MEDICAT? OR MEDICIN? OR VACCIN? OR AGROCHEMICAL?)/TI,DE,ID,SH 8. ..."

3. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"Dicofol Dicofol [bis(chlorophenyl)2,2,2-trichloro- ethanol] is an agricultural miticide for crops such as cotton, beans, citrus, and grapes. ..."

4. Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence by Raoul A. Robinson (1996)
"miticide: A pesticide that kills mites. Monocotyledon: The first leaves produced by seeds are called cotyledons. Flowering plants are divided into those ..."

5. Pacific Northwest Agricultural Insect & Plant Disease Study Manual by Hugh W. Homan, Russell W. Clausen (1998)
"... residual insecticide carbaryl (Sevin) broad spectrum insecticide carbofuran (Furadan) broad spectrum insecticide, nematicide, miticide ..."

6. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"Exposure of Spray Applicators and Mixer-Loaders to Chlorobenzilate miticide in Florida Citrus Groves. Arch. Environmental Contamination Toxicology. ..."

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