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limacide (plural limacides)
- (rare, Europe) Any substance intended to kill gastropod molluscs (of the family Limacidae).
2008 October 27, Stanislav Trdan, “Yield of early white cabbage grown under mulch and non-mulch conditions with low populations of onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman)”, in International Journal of Pest Management:However, during 2004, the limacide Carakol (ai methaldehyde, 5%) was applied at the rate of 1 g/m 2 to a hedgerow along one side of the field plots, to prevent the cabbage plants being damaged by snails […]
2014, M Jovana, “Effects of three pesticides on the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny 1826) under laboratory conditions: Assessment of mortality, biomass and growth inhibition”, in European Journal of Soil Biology, volume 62, page 127:On the other hand, metaldehyde limacide Gardena was found ecologically safe because the LC50 value was higher than its RAD and weight was not significantly changed.
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