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Trap crops

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006502

A plant that in interspersed in a crop or planted near a crop as a decoy for the purpose of attracting harmful insects away from the crop, providing a pesticide free solution.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006502
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
ReferencesUS Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoCrops; Biological control agents; Pesticides
TranslationsSpanish: cultivos trampa
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006502",
  "term": "Trap crops",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A plant that in interspersed in a crop or planted near a crop as a decoy for the purpose of attracting harmful insects away from the crop, providing a pesticide free solution.",
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "crops",
    "biological control agents",
    "pesticides"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cultivos trampa"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/trap-crops/"
}

Record 6,398 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.