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| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | A pesticide that is biological in origin (i.e., viruses, bacteria, pheromones, natural plant compounds) in contrast to synthetic chemicals. Transgenic Bt cotton and corn are biopesticides because Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a naturally occurring soil bacterium that has been genetically engineered into the plants. (references) |
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. | |
Crosswords: BIOPESTICIDE |
| Specialty definitions using "BIOPESTICIDE": Bt ♦ Pest resistance management plans. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Entomologist Robert Behle applies spray-dried biopesticide formulations to leaf disks and then allows insects to feed for 1 day. After transferring the insects to an artificial diet, he assesses the biopesticide's effects on their survival over the following 7 days. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-d-e-e-i-i-i-o-p-s-t" | |
-3 letters: pesticide. | |
-4 letters: biocides, biopsied, bisected, despotic, dioecies, epidotes, epidotic, episodic, idiocies, picotees, poetised. | |
-5 letters: bedpost, betides, biocide, biopics, biopsic, bioptic, biotics, bodices, ceboids, cestode, cestoid, coedits, coesite, deceits, deistic, deities, depicts, deposit, despite, diciest, diocese, discept, dopiest, eidetic, epidote, episode, escoted, idiotic, picoted, picotee, pieties, podites, poditic, poetics, poetise, posited, sopited, topside. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-d-e-e-i-i-i-o-p-s-t" | |
+5 letters: decomposabilities, reproducibilities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 49 4F 50 45 53 54 49 43 49 44 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. --- .--. . ... - .. -.-. .. -.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01001001 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010011 01010100 01001001 01000011 01001001 01000100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B I O P E S T I C I D E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0049 004F 0050 0045 0053 0054 0049 0043 0049 0044 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)364349503953544337433839 |
| 1. Synonyms 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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