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CULTURAL CONTROL

Specialty Definition: CULTURAL CONTROL

DomainDefinition

Food & Agriculture

The deliberate manipulation of the environment to make it less favourable for pests by disrupting their reproductive cycles, eliminating their food, or making it more favourable for their natural enemies. Usually [it involves] slight modifications in the normal manner of carrying out farming practices. Many procedures, such as planting, tillage, irrigation, fertilizer applications, crop rotation can be employed to achieve cultural control. Source: European Union. (references)
 The artificial application of a natural control agent to regulate pest species. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Modern Translation: CULTURAL CONTROL

Language Translations for "CULTURAL CONTROL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

kulturforholdsregler, biologisk bekaempelse (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control), biologisk bekæmpning (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

cultuurmaatregelen, teeltmaatregelen, biologische bestrijding (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

viljelyksellinen torjunta, biologinen torjunta (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control). (various references)

   

French

  

lutte par procédés culturaux, lutte culturale, lutte biologique. (various references)

   

German

  

biologische Regulierung (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control), biologische Kontrolle (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control), biologische Bekämpfung (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καλλιεργητικές φροντίδες, βιολογικός έλεγχος (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control), βιολογική καταπολέμηση (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control). (various references)

   

Italian

  

controllo biologico (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control), lotta colturale, lotta biologica (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ulturalcay ontrolcay

   

Portuguese

  

medidas de controlo biológico (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control), luta por métodos culturais, luta biológica (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

control de plagas (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control), control cultural, control biológico (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control), lucha biológica (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, pest control). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kulturåtgärder, biologisk bekämpning (biocontrol, biological control, biological control measure, biological pest control, pest control). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CULTURAL CONTROL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-l-l-l-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-u-u"

-5 letters: contractor.

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

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1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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