Autodissemination
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 dissemination of an insecticide by introducing it into insects which are then released into the environment uncountable
"Such autodissemination of insecticide from resting sites to aquatic habitats via adult mosquitoes requires particularly potent larvicides, such as the pyriproxyfen (PPF) that interrupts normal development and metamorphosis of targeted mosquitoes."
Example
More examples"Such autodissemination of insecticide from resting sites to aquatic habitats via adult mosquitoes requires particularly potent larvicides, such as the pyriproxyfen (PPF) that interrupts normal development and metamorphosis of targeted mosquitoes."
Etymology
From auto- + dissemination.
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