Sentence examples for control of pest from inspiring English sources
RNA interference (RNAi) has been used as a gene silencing strategy by the introduction of long double stranded RNA (dsRNA) for the control of pest insects.
The loss and isolation of semi-natural habitats reduces biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, with potential negative consequences for the biological control of pest insects.
We suggest that landscape-scale conservation of bird functional diversity in both breeding and wintering seasons would increase opportunities for biological control of pest insects in mountain forests.
Kain, David P.; Nyrop, Jan P. Predatory mites can provide consistent biological control of pest mites such as the European red mite (Panonychus ulmi), (ERM), and two-spotted spider mite (Tetranuchus urticae), (TSSM).
A molluscicidal nematode, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita, has potential for the biological control of pest slugs, but application rates of 3.0 × 109 infective juveniles (IJs)/ha are usually required for effective plant protection, rendering applications very expensive.
Simulations indicate that C. septempunctata reproduction and the associated control of pest aphids is affected by both the availability of non-pest aphids in non-crop habitats and the infestation date of pest aphids in wheat fields.
Journal of Pest Science reports on advances in control of pests and animal vectors of diseases, the biology, ethology and ecology of pests and their antagonists, and the use of other beneficial organisms in pest control.
