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- noun Any of a certain
class ofinsecticides that act on thecentral nervous system in a similar way tonicotine .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Clothianidin is a neonicotinoid insecticide that is both persistent and systemic.
John DeCock: Another Agribusiness Disaster on the Horizon John DeCock 2011
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Clothianidin is a neonicotinoid insecticide that is both persistent and systemic.
John DeCock: Another Agribusiness Disaster on the Horizon John DeCock 2011
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Clothianidin is of the neonicotinoid family of systemic pesticides, which are taken up by a plant's vascular system and expressed through pollen, nectar and gutation droplets from which bees then forage and drink.
Annie Spiegelman: Beekeepers Ask EPA to Remove Bayer Pesticide Linked to Colony Collapse Disorder Annie Spiegelman 2010
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Clothianidin is of the neonicotinoid family of systemic pesticides, which are taken up by a plant's vascular system and expressed through pollen, nectar and gutation droplets from which bees then forage and drink.
Annie Spiegelman: Beekeepers Ask EPA to Remove Bayer Pesticide Linked to Colony Collapse Disorder Annie Spiegelman 2010
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Clothianidin is of the neonicotinoid family of systemic pesticides, which are taken up by a plant's vascular system and expressed through pollen, nectar and gutation droplets from which bees then forage and drink.
Annie Spiegelman: Beekeepers Ask EPA to Remove Bayer Pesticide Linked to Colony Collapse Disorder Annie Spiegelman 2010
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Clothianidin is of the neonicotinoid family of systemic pesticides, which are taken up by a plant's vascular system and expressed through pollen, nectar and gutation droplets from which bees then forage and drink.
Annie Spiegelman: Beekeepers Ask EPA to Remove Bayer Pesticide Linked to Colony Collapse Disorder Annie Spiegelman 2010
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Clothianidin is of the neonicotinoid family of systemic pesticides, which are taken up by a plant's vascular system and expressed through pollen, nectar and gutation droplets from which bees then forage and drink.
Annie Spiegelman: Beekeepers Ask EPA to Remove Bayer Pesticide Linked to Colony Collapse Disorder Annie Spiegelman 2010
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France banned the most commonly used neonicotinoid in 1999 after complaints from beekeepers that it was killing their colonies.
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Clothianidin is a neonicotinoid insecticide that is both persistent and systemic.
Crooks and Liars Susie Madrak 2011
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The release of such a finding from the American government's own bee lab would put a major question mark over the use of neonicotinoid insecticides - relatively new compounds which mimic the insect-killing properties of nicotine, and which are increasingly used on crops in the US, Britain and around the world.
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