Molluscicide

{{Short description|Pesticide used to kill molluscs}}

{{Short description|Pesticide used to kill molluscs}}

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'''Molluscicides''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|l|ʌ|s|k|ɪ|ˌ|s|aɪ|d|s|,_|-|ˈ|l|ʌ|s|-}}){{refn|{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Molluscicide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182759/https://www.lexico.com/definition/molluscicide |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=Molluscicide |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}}}{{refn|{{cite Merriam-Webster |molluscicide |access-date=2016-01-22}}}} are chemicals that kill molluscs.{{cite book |doi=10.1002/14356007.a16_649.pub2 |chapter=Molluskicides |title=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry |date=2008 |last1=Schnorbach |first1=Hans-Jürgen |last2=Matthaei |first2=Hans-Detlef |last3=Müller |first3=Franz |isbn=978-3-527-30385-4 }} They are also known as '''snail baits''', '''snail pellets''', or '''slug pellets'''. These [[pesticide]]s against [[mollusc]]s are usually used in [[agriculture]] or [[gardening]], in order to control [[Pest (organism)#Gastropods|gastropod pests]] specifically [[slug]]s and [[snail]]s which damage crops or other valued plants by feeding on them.

'''Molluscicides''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|l|ʌ|s|k|ɪ|ˌ|s|aɪ|d|s|,_|-|ˈ|l|ʌ|s|-}}){{refn|{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Molluscicide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182759/https://www.lexico.com/definition/molluscicide |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=Molluscicide |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}}}{{refn|{{cite Merriam-Webster |molluscicide |access-date=2016-01-22}}}} are chemicals that kill molluscs.{{cite book |doi=10.1002/14356007.a16_649.pub2 |chapter=Molluskicides |title=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry |date=2008 |last1=Schnorbach |first1=Hans-Jürgen |last2=Matthaei |first2=Hans-Detlef |last3=Müller |first3=Franz |isbn=978-3-527-30385-4 }} They are also known as '''snail baits''', '''snail pellets''', or '''slug pellets'''. These [[pesticide]]s against [[mollusc]]s are usually used in [[agriculture]] or [[gardening]], in order to control [[Pest (organism)#Gastropods|gastropod pests]] specifically [[slug]]s and [[snail]]s which damage crops or other valued plants by feeding on them. They are also used to limit the spread of ''[[Schistosoma mansoni]]'', a [[List of parasites of humans|human parasite]] that causes [[schistosomiasis]], by preventing it from reproducing asexually within snails.{{cite journal | last1 = McCullough | first1 = F. S. | last2 = Gayral | first2 = P. | last3 = Duncan | first3 = J. | last4 = Christie | first4 = J. D. | title = Molluscicides in schistosomiasis control | journal = Bulletin of the World Health Organization | year = 1980 | volume = 58 | issue = 5 | pages = 681–689 | pmid = 6975179 | pmc = 2395986}}

[[File:Limacide.JPG|thumb|Metaldehyde pellets]]

[[File:Limacide.JPG|thumb|Metaldehyde pellets]]