maldison

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maldison (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) The pesticide malathion.
    • 1977, Victorian Department of Agriculture, The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria, volumes 75-76, page 23:
      Our tests have shown that the maldison/grain bait may be mixed well in advance, if it is then stored in drums or [] .
    • 1985, R. H, Blank, D.S. Bell, M. H. Olson, Insecticide baits for control of the black field cricket (Teleogryllus commodus), New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture, Volume 13, page 267,
      The sawdust maldison mixture appeared to be more effective in paddocks with short pasture than in long rank pasture.

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