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Hace 23 horas · A crop-duster spraying pesticide on a field A self-propelled crop sprayer spraying pesticide on a field. Pesticides are substances that are used to control pests. They include herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, fungicides, and many others (see table). The most common of these are herbicides, which account for approximately 50% of all pesticide use globally.
Hace 23 horas · Name. Attempts have been made to find a linguistic root for the name Rome. Possibilities include derivation from the Greek Rhṓmē (Ῥώμη), meaning "bravery" or "courage"; possibly the connection is with a root *rum-, "teat", with a theoretical reference to the totem wolf that adopted and suckled the cognately-named twins.The Etruscan name of the city seems to have been Ruma.
