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Agricultural chemicals
Includes chemicals designed for agricultural use for protection of crops from fungus and insects, as well as for the growth and protection of plants.
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trickle irrigation
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Method in which water drips to the soil from perforated tubes or emitters.
trickling filter
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A coarse treatment system in which wastewater is trickled over a bed of stones or other material covered with bacteria that break down the organic waste and produce clean water.
Trihalomethane (THM):
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
One of a family of organic compounds named as derivative of methane. THMs are generally by-products of chlorination of drinking water that contains organic material.
troposhpere
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth's surface.
Trust Fund (CERCLA)
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A fund set up under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) to help pay for cleanup of hazardous waste sites and for legal action to ...
tube settler
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Device using bundles of tubes to let solids in water settle to the bottom for removal by conventional sludge collection means; sometimes used in sedimentation basins and ...
tuberculation
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Development or formation of small mounds of corrosion products on the inside of iron pipe. These tubercules roughen the inside of the pipe, increasing its resistance to water ...
Sub-categories
- Fungicides (58)
- Herbicides (125)
- Insecticides (20)
- Nitrogen fertilizers (16)
- Organic fertilizers (43)
- Pesticides (35135)
- Potassium fertilizers (300)
- Urea (21)