Sentence examples for controls of crop from inspiring English sources
Physiological models are widely used to predict the time to flower and are useful tools in the study of the genetic controls of crop processes (Hammer et al., 2006; Yin and Struik, 2010; Allard et al., 2012).
Because its larva has an insatiable appetite for aphids and other small insects it was taken to America in the 1980s for the biological control of crop pests.
Conservation biological control of crop pests is considered a promising strategy in protected horticultural cropping systems.
More recently, RNAi- and miRNA-based approaches are being used which show potential for the control of crop pests.
Conservation biological control is a way of modification of habitat to support and sustain the population of native parasitoids and predators for successful biological control of crop pests.
Ensuring the reproductive success of parasitoids and predators with a direct positive effect on the numerical response of predators is a vital factor for a successful conservation biological control of crop pests.
Biological control of crop pests by naturally occurring arthropods depends on the entire community of natural enemies, but generalist predators and parasitoids are rarely considered in the same study.
Parasitoids are entomophagous insects that are playing an important role in natural ecosystems and in the control of crop pests.
For this strategy to be valid, a careful control of crop rotation will be required to ensure that bee friendly crops do not encounter previously applied neonicotinoids.
Both gene families offer a huge potential for bioremediation and control of crop and weed pesticide tolerance [ 1- 3], but obviously also for industrial applications.
Indeed, the shift of land-use patterns in agricultural landscapes through intensification or extensification of agricultural production systems modifies the interface between the agro-ecological elements, and we need to understand the potential consequences of such modifications for a better management of landscapes and control of crop pathogens.
