noun
- a salt or ester of carbamic acid, or a compound derived from it; widely used as an insecticide or fungicide in agriculture.
Usage: chemistry; agriculture
Examples
- Carbamate pesticides are commonly applied to crops to control insect pests.
- The farmer used a carbamate-based fungicide to protect the wheat from disease.
- Carbamates work by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase in insects.
- Many carbamate compounds have been developed for use in modern agriculture.
- The safety of carbamate residues on food is regularly monitored by regulatory agencies.