Collocations withpest
These are words often used in combination withpest.
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agricultural pest
It is the problem of the optimal control of a particular agricultural pest: multimammate rats.
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biological pest control
These practices may include cover crops, manures, compost, crop rotation, intercropping, and biological pest control.
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exotic pest
Bioinvasions involving exotic pests are also an undesirable element of the globalization of agriculture.
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household pest
This beetle can be a serious household pest and a pest in natural history museums, where it can damage biological specimens.
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insect pest
A methodology is presented to facilitate a declaration that an area is 'pest-free' following an eradication campaign against an insect pest.
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integrated pest management
The implications for integrated pest management are considered.
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major pest
Despite these successes, wild rabbits remain a major pest in many areas.
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methods of pest control
An overview is given on different types of crop losses as well as on various methods of pest control developed during the last century.
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other pest
Accordingly, allelochemicals may be more effective when used in combination with other pest management tools.
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pest control
Trials were managed optimally in terms of irrigation, fertility, and disease and pest control.
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pest infestation
The oscillating lines in each graph denote pest infestation, measured as the number of larvae per plant.
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pest management
Arguably, comparable efforts focused on organic practices would lead to further improvements in yields as well as in soil fertility and pest management.
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pest problem
A biological control research programme has been implemented in an effort to provide a solution to this newly introduced pest problem.
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pest species
There are many termite pest species in many different countries against which baits are deployed.
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serious pest
Ants are often a serious pest to the entomologist in the tropics.
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target pest
Clearly, knowledge of the origin of a target pest is often exceedingly useful in identifying promising collection sites for natural enemies with which it has co-evolved.
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