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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clear cut

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Harvesting all the trees in one area at one time, a practice that can encourage fast rainfall or snowmelt runoff, erosion, sedimentation of streams and lakes, and flooding, and ...

clear well

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A reservoir for storing filtered water of sufficient quantity to prevent the need to vary the filtration rate with variations in demand. Also used to provide chlorine contact time ...

climate change

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

(also referred to as 'global climate change'): The term 'climate change' is sometimes used to refer to all forms of climatic inconsistency, but because the Earth's climate is ...

cloning

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

In biotechnology, obtaining a group of genetically identical cells from a single cell; making identical copies of a gene.

closed-loop recycling

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Reclaiming or reusing wastewater for non-potable purposes in an enclosed process.

closure

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The procedure a landfill operator must follow when a landfill reaches its legal capacity for solid ceasing acceptance of solid waste and placing a cap on the landfill site.