| 释义 |
safener|ˈseɪfnə(r), -fənə(r)|
[f. safe a. + -en5 + -er1.]
A substance that reduces the harmfulness to plants of other substances, esp. one in an insecticide or fungicide.
1942Industr. & Engin. Chem. Apr. 498/1 The principal use of zinc as a spray is for the control of peach bacterial spot and as a ‘safener’ for arsenate of lead sprays on peach. 1950J. C. Walker Plant Path. xvi. 647 Glyceride oils are..good safeners for copper sprays. 1975Big Farm Managem. June 61/2 George Moore considers Eradicane to be the important herbicide for the British market at present. This is the chemical which as a built-in ‘safener’ which protects maize from the herbicide which would otherwise kill it. |