pesticides

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004839",
  "term": "pesticides",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest.",
  "subject": "Farms, Agricultural Production Systems",
  "see_also": [
    "toxic substances",
    "pest management",
    "soil treatment",
    "pesticide application equipment",
    "biocides",
    "agrochemicals",
    "Interregional Research Project 4 (IR-4)",
    "endocrine-disrupting chemicals",
    "chemical control",
    "soil drenching",
    "pest control",
    "trap crops",
    "pesticide metabolites",
    "impregnated fabrics",
    "pesticide adjuvants",
    "pesticide industry",
    "pesticide safety and handling",
    "pesticide law",
    "biopesticides",
    "thidiazuron",
    "chemosterilants",
    "slow-release pesticides",
    "silvicides",
    "pesticide formulations",
    "carbamate pesticides",
    "organochlorine pesticides",
    "organophosphorus pesticides",
    "organotin pesticides",
    "acaricides",
    "adulticides",
    "algicides",
    "avicides",
    "fungicides",
    "herbicides",
    "insecticides",
    "larvicides",
    "molluscicides",
    "nematicides",
    "ovicides",
    "rodenticides",
    "metam-potassium"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "plaguicidas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/pesticides/"
}