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biocontrols

biocontrols is the plural of biocontrol.

Meaning of biocontrol

Noun

biocontrol (countable and uncountable, plural biocontrols)

  1. The biological control of pests by the use of organisms that are natural predators, parasites, or pathogens
    • This included work on 3 species of Psyttalia and on Tetrastichus giffardii by S. Mohamed. Identifications were provided for biocontrol programs on olive fly, and we made several attempts to collect more olive fly parasitoids in Kenya.2022 September 6 (last accessed), United States Department of Agriculture, “Archived copy”, in AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS, archived from the...

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Questions about biocontrols

What is biocontrols the plural of?
Biocontrols is the plural of biocontrol.

Words near biocontrols in the dictionary

  1. biocontaminate
  2. biocontaminated
  3. biocontamination
  4. biocontrol
  5. biocontrolling
  6. biocontrols
  7. bioconvection
  8. bioconvective
  9. bioconversion
  10. bioconversions
  11. bioconvert

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