pest species

collocation in English

meaningsofpestandspecies

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pest
noun[C]
uk
/pest/us
/pest/
an insect or small animal that is harmful or ...
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species
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/us
/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/
a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with ...
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(Definition ofpestandspeciesfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In contrast, biological control efforts directed towards controlling one pest may have no impact on otherpestspecies.
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Inpestspecies, gene flow is important in the evolution of insecticide resistance and adaptation to local environmental conditions.
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All the species sampled are from pest genera and all arepestspecies.
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There are many termitepestspeciesin many different countries against which baits are deployed.
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The collected traps were examined in the laboratory and thepestspeciescounted.
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The higher rate ofpestspeciesamong non-indigenous faunas compared to indigenous faunas may be explained by three factors that are not mutually exclusive.
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The limited number of invertebratepestspeciesassociated with mushroom cultivation increases the potential for adoption of a biological control strategy within this industry.
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However, the production of marketable eggplant is compromised due to numerouspestspeciesthat feed on eggplant.
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Among these components, natural enemies, weather conditions and host-plant attributes are the most important factors affecting population dynamics ofpestspecies.
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As a conservative estimate, we assume an initial resistance level of 0.1 for the threepestspeciesconsidered.
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Individualpestspeciescan no longer be managed in isolation.
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Additionally, further studies are required to obtain a better understanding of resistance mechanisms affecting two or more insecticides within a singlepestspecies.
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Furthermore, management options aimed at onepestspecies, particularly insecticide applications or cultural practices, may exacerbate problems with another species.
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The genus is important economically because many species are naturally-occurring regulating factors ofpestspecies.
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Both crops received insecticide treatments to assess the crop loss by apestspecies.
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This is especially important when dealing withpestspeciesaffecting a range of different cultivated and wild plants.
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The basic conclusion is of a differentiated population, with discrete and stable subpopulations, even in a continuous distribution of an extremely mobilepestspecies.
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