nematicide
(ˈnɛmət-, nɛˈmætɪsaɪd)
[irreg. f. Gr. νῆµα, νήµατ- thread + -cide.]
= nematocide s.v. nemato-.
| 1933 [see nematology]. 1952 Nature 8 Mar. 420/2 Work has already been published..on the value of chlorphenol as a nematicide. 1960 Jrnl. R. Horticultural Soc. LXXXV. ii. 54 Trial of various nematicides has shown that treatment with methyl bromide gives a yield almost double that of the control plots. 1972 P. Sivapalan in J. M. Webster Economic Nematology xiii. 308 In order to improve the trend of the decline in yield in the tea fields infested with Pratylenchus loosi, the field is..treated with suitable nematicides. |
Hence nematiˈcidal a. = nematocidal adj. s.v. nemato-.
| 1950 Helminthol. Abstr. XVI. 122 Ethylene dibromide is highly nematicidal since o·1 c.c. will eradicate nematodes from a gallon of soil. 1973 C. A. Anderson in G. Zweig Analyt. Methods for Pesticides VII. x. 253 Dasanit® exhibits both insecticidal and nematicidal activity. |