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Pests

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004840

A general term for organisms which may cause illness or damage to humans or to crops, livestock, or materials important to humans.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004840
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectResearch, Technology, Methods
Synonymsvermin
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoOrganisms; Biological pest control; Integrated pest management; Chemosterilants; Disease and pest management; Arthropod pests; Plant pests; Invasive species; Pest vectors; Sunn pests; Storage pests; Forest pests; Household pests; Marine borers; Parasites; Vertebrate pests; Weeds
TranslationsSpanish: plagas
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004840",
  "term": "Pests",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A general term for organisms which may cause illness or damage to humans or to crops, livestock, or materials important to humans.",
  "synonyms": [
    "vermin"
  ],
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "organisms",
    "biological pest control",
    "integrated pest management",
    "chemosterilants",
    "disease and pest management",
    "arthropod pests",
    "plant pests",
    "invasive species",
    "pest vectors",
    "sunn pests",
    "storage pests",
    "forest pests",
    "household pests",
    "marine borers",
    "parasites",
    "vertebrate pests",
    "weeds"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "plagas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/pests/"
}

Record 4,775 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.