genetic resistance

collocation in English

meaningsofgeneticandresistance

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genetic
adjective
uk
/dʒəˈnet.ɪk/
us
/dʒəˈnet̬.ɪk/
belonging or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) received by each animal or plant from ...
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resistance
noun
uk
/rɪˈzɪs.təns/
us
/rɪˈzɪs.təns/
the act of fighting against something that is attacking you, or refusing to ...
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Vagility of pest populations may result in difficulty predicting temporal and spatial pest outbreaks, and influencegeneticresistanceto chemical control.
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They argue that the red nuptial colouration may simultaneously signal both the degree of exposure to prevalent parasites andgeneticresistancetowards such parasites.
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This paper reviews current knowledge relevant to management of diseases in a perennial grain cropping system, with emphasis ongeneticresistance, host diversity, and burning.
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The impact ofgeneticresistanceon some diseases has been quantified.
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Furthermore,geneticresistanceto chemical control can occur more rapidly in populations where gene flow is limited or absent.
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The use of hostgeneticresistanceto disease, host diversity, and field burning may prove critical management tools.
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He selected the potato as a medium of research, and discovered in 1908 thegeneticresistanceof potato blight.
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There is, therefore, considerable scope for the application ofgeneticresistanceto aphids in agriculture.
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Our results also imply thatgeneticresistanceto chemical control may occur under frequent application of insecticide.
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This indicates that farmers should be able to counter any breakdown ingeneticresistancethrough increased fungicide use.
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Geneticresistanceto some diseases breaks down over time : replacement of seed with new varieties is, thus, essential to minimize the impacts of diseases such as rust.
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While adding heavy doses of lime, when available, to the soil can ameliorate the problem, breeding forgeneticresistancemay be a more practical and costeffective solution in other situations.
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Geneticresistanceto brucellosis in swine.
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The virulence of the virus, the degree ofgeneticresistanceof rabbits, the proportion of susceptible rabbits and the nature and prevalence of vectors are all important factors.
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It appears that the rabbit will probably be able to build up ageneticresistanceto this disease, but it is considered that it will he a slow process.
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Management strategies include developing a vaccine and improvinggeneticresistanceto the disease.
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Geneticresistancein the remaining rabbits allowed the population to recover to 200-300 million by 1991.
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Often, the plant may be able to resist the pathogen, even though it has nogeneticresistanceto same.
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Such models led to approaches to treatinggeneticresistanceto inhibitor drugs.
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