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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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Agricultural chemicals > Pesticides

british thermal unit

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Unit of heat energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit at sea level.

broadcast application

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The spreading of pesticides over an entire area.

toxic substance

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A chemical or mixture that may present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.

brownfields

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Abandoned, idled, or under used industrial and commercial facilities/sites where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. They ...

bubble

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A system under which existing emissions sources can propose alternate means to comply with a set of emissions limitations; under the bubble concept, sources can control more than ...

bubble policy

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

(See: emissions trading.)

buffer strips

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Strips of grass or other erosion-resisting vegetation between or below cultivated strips or fields.