Sentence examples for epidemics of pests from inspiring English sources

This denuding of the landscape has led to desertification, soil erosion, nutrient depletion and epidemics of pests that further contribute to the country's food insecurity.

Repeated localized epidemics of pest outbreaks threaten global food security by reducing crop yields and increasing price volatility.

Spillover infection from populations of one species, in which a pathogen may be endemic, coevolved, and often less harmful, into populations of a novel host species has the potential to lead to epidemics of particularly virulent pests and pathogens.

An understanding of the origin and spread of the epidemic of this pest, which erupt suddenly following the pre-monsoon rain each year, is an important prerequisite for developing appropriate control strategies.

Recently developed tree-ring evidence has allowed the levels of precipitation to be reconstructed for north central Mexico, adding to the growing body of epidemiologic evidence and indicating that the 1545 and 1576 epidemics of cocoliztli (Nahuatl for "pest") were indigenous hemorrhagic fevers transmitted by rodent hosts and aggravated by extreme drought conditions.

Also, the World has witnessed in recent the emergence of numerous new epidemics, pests and environmental disasters, but none of which had any connection with genetic engineering.

Given the growing importance of forest-management strategies which seek to emulate natural disturbance patterns, and the increased incidence of pest epidemics in some parts of North America, there is surprisingly little published research on perceived visual quality of pest infestations, especially, at the landscape level (middleground viewing distance).

Furthermore, resistant strains of pests appeared.

Concentrations of pests offer protection to wilderness areas.

Go for prevention of pests rather than cure where possible.

Lots of pests eat them but they thrive regardless.