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d.b.h.
Diameter at breast height.
d.c.
Direct current.
Dacnusa sibirica
Parasitoid of leaf miners


NOMENCLATURE: Approved name: Dacnusa sibirica Telenga. Other names: Leaf miner parasitoid; leaf miner wasp.

SOURCE: Common in temperate climates.

PRODUCTION: Produced on leaf miners and supplied as adult wasps.

TARGET :PESTS: Leaf miners, such as Liriomyza bryoniae (Kaltenbach), Liriomyza hui...
Dacus cucurbitae pheromone
Melon fly pheromone


NOMENCLATURE: Approved name: 4-(3-oxobutyl)phenyl acetate (cuelure). Other names: Dacus cucurbitae pheromone; melon fly attractant. CAS RN: [3572-06-3].

SOURCE: Synthetic component similar in action to the natural secretions of the male melon fly (Dacus cucurbitae Coquillet) that attracts females.
DAFF
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Edmund Barton Building, Broughton Street, Barton, GPO Box 858, Canberra ACT 2601, ABN 24113085695
DAM
One of a group of organic compounds characterized by the structure R-C=N-OH. Some, such as pyridine-2-aldoxime methiodide (PAM) and diacetylmonoxime (DAM), reverse cholinesterase inhibition.
Damage
See also: Injury
The adverse effect on plants or crops of biotic or abiotic agents, resulting in a reduction of yield and/or quality.
damar
a group of natural resins, less hard than copal but harder than oleoresin, obtained as exudations from trees, strictly of Dipterocarpaceae only, in South-East Asia [see dammar penak, dammar kuching, Kajoe dammar]. Dammars are used, like copal, mainly in varnishes
damara blanca
damara (resina) auténtica, obtenida de Vateria indica
damara branca
Deutsch: weisses Dammar-harz
English: white dammar [definition]
Español: damara blanca [definition]
Français: dammar blanc [definition]
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