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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proteins

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Complex nitrogenous organic compounds of high molecular weight made of amino acids; essential for growth and repair of animal tissue. Many, but not all, proteins are enzymes.

protocol

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A series of formal steps for conducting a test.

protoplast

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A membrane-bound cell from which the outer wall has been partially or completely removed. The term often is applied to plant cells.

adaptation

Pharmaceutical; Pesticides

the adjustment of an organism to its environment, or the process by which it enhances such fitness. 2. the normal ability of the eye to adjust itself to variations in the ...

adsorption

Pharmaceutical; Pesticides

the attachment of one substance to the surface of another; the concentration of a gas or a substance in solution in a liquid on a surface in contact with the gas or liquid, ...