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Pesticide resistance and Rachel Carson

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Difference between Pesticide resistance and Rachel Carson

Pesticide resistance vs. Rachel Carson

Pesticide resistance describes the decreased susceptibility of a pest population to a pesticide that was previously effective at controlling the pest. Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

Similarities between Pesticide resistance and Rachel Carson

Pesticide resistance and Rachel Carson have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): DDT, Drosophila, Genetics, Organochloride, Organophosphate, Pesticide, United States Environmental Protection Agency.

DDT

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochlorine, originally developed as an insecticide, and ultimately becoming infamous for its environmental impacts.

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Drosophila

Drosophila is a genus of flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "small fruit flies" or (less frequently) pomace flies, vinegar flies, or wine flies, a reference to the characteristic of many species to linger around overripe or rotting fruit.

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.

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Organochloride

An organochloride, organochlorine compound, chlorocarbon, or chlorinated hydrocarbon is an organic compound containing at least one covalently bonded atom of chlorine that has an effect on the chemical behavior of the molecule.

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Organophosphate

Organophosphates (also known as phosphate esters) are a class of organophosphorus compounds with the general structure O.

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Pesticide

Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests, including weeds.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.

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Pesticide resistance and Rachel Carson Comparison

Pesticide resistance has 67 relations, while Rachel Carson has 227. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 2.38% = 7 / (67 + 227).

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