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Neonicotinoid insecticides

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004362

The neonicotinoids are a class of insecticides with a common mode of action that affects the central nervous system of insects, causing paralysis and death.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004362
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFarms, Agricultural Production Systems
Synonymsneonicotinoids; nicotinoid insecticides; nicotinoids
ReferencesUS Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoInsecticides; Clothianidin; Flonicamid; Dinotefuran; Nithiazine; Thiacloprid; Acetamiprid; Nitenpyram; Sulfoxaflor; Imidacloprid; Thiamethoxam
TranslationsSpanish: insecticidas neonicotinoides
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004362",
  "term": "Neonicotinoid insecticides",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The neonicotinoids are a class of insecticides with a common mode of action that affects the central nervous system of insects, causing paralysis and death.",
  "synonyms": [
    "neonicotinoids",
    "nicotinoid insecticides",
    "nicotinoids"
  ],
  "subject": "Farms, Agricultural Production Systems",
  "see_also": [
    "insecticides",
    "clothianidin",
    "flonicamid",
    "dinotefuran",
    "nithiazine",
    "thiacloprid",
    "acetamiprid",
    "nitenpyram",
    "sulfoxaflor",
    "imidacloprid",
    "thiamethoxam"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "insecticidas neonicotinoides"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/neonicotinoid-insecticides/"
}

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