Agricultural chemicals

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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chiller

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A device that generates a cold liquid that is circulated through an air-handling unit's cooling coil to cool the air supplied to the building.

chilling effect

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The lowering of the Earth's temperature because of increased particles in the air blocking the sun's rays. (See: greenhouse effect.)

chisel plowing

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Preparing croplands by using a special implement that avoids complete inversion of the soil as in conventional plowing. Chisel plowing can leave a protective cover or crops ...

chlorinated hydrocarbons

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

1. Chemicals containing only chlorine, carbon, and hydrogen. These include a class of persistent, broad-spectrum insecticides that linger in the environment and accumulate in the ...

chlorinated solvent

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

An organic solvent containing chlorine atoms(e.g. methylene chloride and 1,1,1-trichloromethane). Uses of chlorinated solvents are include aerosol spray containers, in highway ...

chlorination

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Adding chlorine to water or wastewater, generally for the purpose of disinfection, but frequently for accomplishing other biological or chemical results. Chlorine also is used ...