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词汇 defoliant
释义 defoliant
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌdiːˈfəʊ.li.ənt/ us /ˌdiːˈfoʊ.li.ənt/
a chemical that is used to make the leaves drop off plants落叶剂,枯叶剂
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Examples of defoliant


defoliant
Pesticides were classified as insecticides, miticides, herbicides, crop preparation growth regulators and defoliants.
This indicator is commonly used by cotton crop managers to help them decide, for instance, on the best time to stop spraying insecticides or apply defoliant.
Another of these defoliants is an organic arsenic-containing compound which was used to destroy elephant grass and rice.
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We must remember that 3½ million acres were sprayed with defoliants and that there was a total of 6 million casualties.
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He is recognised as perhaps the highest authority in that country on plant physiology and on the herbicide and defoliant campaign.
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The only chemical agents have been defoliants, and those used in riot control.
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My question also deals with defoliants.
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Other applications include defoliant, herbicide and an additive to rubber to protect it against oxygen and ozone.
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Forests were sprayed with defoliants, thousands of rural forest dwelling people uproots from their homes and moved and roads driven into previously isolated areas.
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Defoliants are used in cotton production to aid harvesting.
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It has been said that over 3.2 million liters and kilograms of chemical defoliants were sprayed during that time.
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In 1901, studies of the defoliant effect of leaking gas pipes led to the discovery that ethylene is a plant hormone.
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Data provided by these techniques were used in comparative evaluation of defoliant chemicals in relation to rate, volume, season of application, canopy penetration, and vegetation response.
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Defoliants differ from herbicides in that the former seeks mainly to strip leaves from plants, and the latter is used to destroy or inhibit the growth of plants.
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Salt and dust storms and the spraying of pesticides and defoliants for the cotton crop have led to severe degradation of air quality in rural areas.
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