Argentina.Argentina Argentina (ärjəntē`nə, Span. ärhāntē`nä), officially Argentine Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 39,538,000), 1,072,157 sq mi (2,776,889 sq km), S South America. passed a resolution giving tax breaks to fruit producers who purchase pheromone-based products to exterminate the codling moth codling moth (kŏd`lĭng), small moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, whose larva is the destructive apple worm. Of European origin, it is now found wherever apples are grown. and the oriental oriental having some connection with the Orient. oriental avian eye fluke see philophthalmusgralli. oriental blood fluke schistosomajaponicum. oriental cattle plague see rinderpest. fruit moth, a process known as the sexual confusion technique. Importers must register with regulators before purchasing pheromone-based products. |
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