chemical used in agriculture, including pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, fertilizers, biocides, etc
2 statements, 0 sitelinks - 15:08, 27 May 2023
...ys: through dry or pelletized or liquid application processes, using large agricultural equipment, or hand-tool methods.
...ury, after innovations in [[plant nutrition]], an [[Industrial agriculture|agricultural industry]] developed around synthetically created [[Agrochemical|agrochemic
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49 KB (6,916 words) - 18:11, 15 July 2025
...ys: through dry or pelletized or liquid application processes, using large agricultural equipment, or hand-tool methods.
...ury, after innovations in [[plant nutrition]], an [[Industrial agriculture|agricultural industry]] developed around synthetically created [[Agrochemical|agrochemic
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50 KB (7,086 words) - 18:11, 15 July 2025
...te=2017}}</ref> Phytochemicals (from Greek ''phyto'', meaning "plant") are chemicals produced by plants through primary or secondary [[metabolism]].<ref name=Mo
...last = Timbrell | first = John| year = 2005| title = The poison paradox : chemicals as friends and foes| pages = [https://archive.org/details/poisonparadoxche0
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23 KB (3,133 words) - 12:19, 6 January 2023
...annuum L., 1804 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia ''[[Seikei Zusetsu]]'', 1804]]
...e [[capsaicin]] (8-methyl-''N''-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) and several related chemicals, collectively called ''capsaicinoids''. Pure capsaicin is a [[hydrophobic]]
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27 KB (3,897 words) - 21:55, 9 June 2025
...annuum L., 1804 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia ''[[Seikei Zusetsu]]'', 1804]]
...e [[capsaicin]] (8-methyl-''N''-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) and several related chemicals, collectively called ''capsaicinoids''. Pure capsaicin is a [[hydrophobic]]
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28 KB (4,069 words) - 21:54, 9 June 2025
...tion rapidly depletes the soil of potassium, and this can be remedied with agricultural fertilizers containing potassium, accounting for 95% of global potassium ch
...re depends upon fertilizers to replace the potassium lost at harvest. Most agricultural fertilizers contain potassium chloride, while potassium sulfate is used for
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45 KB (6,646 words) - 10:13, 22 April 2024
...t 36 °C (96 °F) is suspected, as are [[agrochemical|agricultural chemicals]]
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39 KB (5,450 words) - 21:53, 25 February 2024
...lture or meliponiculture. Captured bees are encouraged to forage, often in agricultural settings such as orchards, where pollinators are highly valued. The honey,
...esticated" is preferred because all bee colonies, even those in very large agricultural apiculture operations, readily leave the protection of humans in swarms tha
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59 KB (9,057 words) - 20:55, 17 June 2025
...tion rapidly depletes the soil of potassium, and this can be remedied with agricultural fertilizers containing potassium, accounting for 95% of global potassium ch
...re depends upon fertilizers to replace the potassium lost at harvest. Most agricultural fertilizers contain potassium chloride, while potassium sulfate is used for
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46 KB (6,844 words) - 10:13, 22 April 2024
...t 36 °C (96 °F) is suspected, as are [[agrochemical|agricultural chemicals]]
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40 KB (5,586 words) - 21:51, 25 February 2024
...lture or meliponiculture. Captured bees are encouraged to forage, often in agricultural settings such as orchards, where pollinators are highly valued. The honey,
...esticated" is preferred because all bee colonies, even those in very large agricultural apiculture operations, readily leave the protection of humans in swarms tha
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61 KB (9,283 words) - 20:54, 17 June 2025
...istered under [[Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals|REACH regulation]] and between 100 and 1,000 tonnes per annum are manufactu
In 1910, a Japanese agricultural chemist of [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]], [[Umetaro Suz
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29 KB (4,040 words) - 11:14, 19 February 2024
...New Guinea]] during the cultivation of [[sugarcane]] during the Neolithic agricultural revolution. The term "carbohydrate" was first proposed by German chemist [[
..., [[uronic acid]]s and deoxy-sugars such as [[fucose]]) and there are many chemicals that do conform to this formula but are not considered to be monosaccharide
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36 KB (4,870 words) - 10:28, 10 May 2025
...istered under [[Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals|REACH regulation]] and between 100 and 1,000 tonnes per annum are manufactu
In 1910, a Japanese agricultural chemist of [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]], [[Umetaro Suz
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30 KB (4,144 words) - 11:09, 19 February 2024
...home?contentid=BiotechnologyGlosary.xml&navid= Biotechnology – Glossary of Agricultural Biotechnology Terms] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/201408301
...ral selection]]. More recently, [[mutation breeding]] has used exposure to chemicals or radiation to produce a high frequency of random mutations, for selective
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133 KB (18,146 words) - 07:51, 4 January 2023
...title=Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations |author=United States Agricultural Research Service |date=1903 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</r
...ecember 2017|url-status=dead}} Note that the details of each plant and the chemicals it yields are described in the linked subpages.</ref> Many hundreds of medi
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115 KB (15,185 words) - 14:48, 3 January 2023
[[Alkaloids]] are bitter-tasting chemicals, very widespread in nature, and often toxic, found in many medicinal plants
...ef>{{cite book |first1=D.E. |last1=Brown|first2=N. J. |last2=Walton |title=Chemicals from Plants: Perspectives on Plant Secondary Products|publisher=World Scien
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72 KB (9,763 words) - 10:14, 3 January 2023
...url=https://www.usda.gov/topics/biotechnology/biotechnology-glossary|title=Agricultural Biotechnology Glossary {{!}} USDA|website=www.usda.gov|access-date=8 Januar
...ed quickly. They could be constructed at lower temperatures with non-toxic chemicals, making them more environmentally friendly.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors =
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217 KB (29,051 words) - 07:55, 4 January 2023
...ne disorders]], and exposure to [[Endocrine disruptor|endocrine-disrupting chemicals]].
[[Agricultural policy]] and [[Green Revolution (agriculture)|techniques]] in the United St
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