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BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT

Specialty Definition: BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT

DomainDefinition

Food & Agriculture

A pesticide in which the active ingredient is a virus, fungus or bacterium, or a natural product derived from a plant source. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT

Synonym by domain: agrobiological (food & agriculture, medicine).

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Photo Album: BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT

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The leaf beetle Diorhabda elongata is the first approved biological control agent for saltcedar in the United States. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Bob Richard, APHIS..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 49 4F 4C 4F 47 49 43 41 4C      43 4F 4E 54 52 4F 4C      41 47 45 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01001001 01001111 01001100 01001111 01000111 01001001 01000011 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001110 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001100 00100000 01000001 01000111 01000101 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#73 &#79 &#76 &#79 &#71 &#73 &#67 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#78 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#76 &#32 &#65 &#71 &#69 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0049 004F 004C 004F 0047 0049 0043 0041 004C      0043 004F 004E 0054 0052 004F 004C      0041 0047 0045 004E 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3643494649414337354623749485452494623541394854

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2. Images: Photo Album
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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