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Chemical Actions and Uses > Toxic Actions > Pesticides > Acaricides
Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Agrochemicals > Pesticides > Acaricides

Preferred term

Acaricides  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Acaricide
  • Agent, Mite Control
  • Control Agent, Mite
  • Mite Control Agent
  • Miticide

Note

  • For use to kill or control mites and ticks, use no qualifiers on the acaricide or the mite or tick; appropriate qualifiers may be used when other aspects of the acaricide are discussed, such as the effect on a physiologic process or behavioral aspect of the mite or tick.

Scope note

  • A pesticide or chemical agent that kills mites and ticks. This is a large class that includes carbamates, formamides, organochlorines, organophosphates, etc, that act as antibiotics or growth regulators.

History note

  • 2010

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D056810

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