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GAZON PELOUSES [3 records]

Record 1 2009-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Agricultural Chemicals
  • Crop Protection
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Metaldehyde is a molluscicide used to control snails and slugs on a wide variety of sites in agriculture and home gardens, including fruit and vegetable crops, ornamentals, lawns and turf.

OBS

Chemical formula: C8H16O4

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)
  • Protection des végétaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le métaldéhyde est un molluscicide utilisé pour lutter contre les escargots et les limaces dans une grande variété de sites en agriculture et dans les jardins particuliers, dont les cultures de fruits et de légumes, les plantes d’ornement, les pelouses et le gazon en plaques.

OBS

Formule chimique : C8H16O4

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Agentes químicos (Agricultura)
  • Protección de las plantas
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Polímero formado por prismas blancos solubles en benceno, cloroformo y ligeramente en alcohol y éter, insoluble en agua. Inflamable. Tóxico e irritante. Plaguicida.

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Record 2 1992-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

Grass lawn is an example of how concentrating fine foliage produces a visually unifying carpet of color and texture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Coupe-bordure(s) : Outil servant à régulariser les bordures des pelouses de gazon.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

Areas of turf, or lawn, provide the green expanse that links all other garden plantings together.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

(...) les arbustes taillés(...) se plantent(...) alignés sur les pelouses en bordure des allées. Leur présence apporte à l'étendue de gazon des volumes d’une coloration plus intense qui ponctuent et rythment la profondeur de la perspective.

Spanish

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