Biological herbicide glossary and government resources

Biological herbicide : a naturally occurring substance or organism which kills orcontrols undesirable vegetation. Preferred over synthetic chemicals because of reducedtoxic effect on the environment.

[Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]

EPA: Federal Register: Pesticide Products; Registration Application
Product Name: Smolder G. Product type: Biological herbicide. ... Biological herbicide. Active ingredient: Alternaria destruens at 4.10%.

EPA: Federal Register: Pesticide Product; Registration Applications
Biological herbicide. Active ingredient: Chondrostereum purpureum strain HQ1 at 24.8%. Proposed classification/Use: None. For manufacturing use. 4.

Carduus genus
...research on the microbial control of Californian thistle and other pasture weeds using the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum as a biological herbicide.

Integrated Pest Management-Biological Control: Natural Enemies
...the University of Minnesota, researchers are developing what may become known as the first biological herbicide (Joumal of Soil & Water Conservation v.

Ordination of zooplankton community data to detect pesticide ...
...of an experimental insecticide, tebufenozide; five were treated at two concentrations of a biological herbicide, bialaphos; and four served as controls.

ARS : News & Events
Studies begun in 1998 ruled out the protein's role in causing crop disease, but also revealed its potential as a biological herbicide.

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