acaricide

English

Etymology

From acarid +‎ -cide (“killer”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkɛɹ.əˌsid/

Noun

acaricide (plural acaricides)

1. Any substance which kills acarids (mites and ticks).
   • 1983 May 26, “Pesticide residue effects under study”, in The Californian, volume 25, number 16, Temecula, Calif., page A-11:

     “Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin).

   • 2015 November 7, “Phenotypic- and Genotypic-Resistance Detection for Adaptive Resistance Management in Tetranychus urticae Koch”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     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%).

Derived terms

• acaricidal
• mycoacaricide
• proacaricide

Translations

substance which kills acarids

• Portuguese: acaricida (pt) m

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

acaricide m (plural acaricides)

1. acaricide

Italian

Adjective

acaricide

1. feminine plural of acaricida

Anagrams

• acciderai