Meanings
plural abamectins
- countableuncountableA widely used insecticide, acaricide and anthelminthic.
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Diagnostic doses of six acaricides (fenothiocarb, endosulfan, chlorfenapyr, tebufenpyrad, cyenopyrafen and cyflumetofen) resulted in a 68.0~71.8% mortality rate (on average) in the test mite populations, whereas the remaining six acaricides (monocrotophos, omethoate, bifenthrin, abamectin, etoxazole and bifenazate) caused slightly reduced mortality rates (on average 36.5~59.3%).
2015 November 7, “Phenotypic- and Genotypic-Resistance Detection for Adaptive Resistance Management in Tetranychus urticae Koch”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Translations
Finnish abamektiini
- abamektiiniinsecticide
Polish abamektyna
- abamektynainsecticide
Portuguese abamectina
- abamectinainsecticide
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