Sentence examples for insect pest from inspiring English sources

Cottony-cushion scale, (Icerya purchasi), a scale insect pest (order Homoptera), especially of California citrus trees.

The cutworm (not a true worm) is a serious insect pest of tobacco and other crops.

Killing Norway maples will exterminate a plant pest and may strike a serious blow against a destructive insect pest, too.

Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), also called potato bug, insect pest that attacks the leaves of potato plants.

And vineyards have hired Dr. Pieschel to aim her goats at thickets of wild blackberry, which can harbor sharpshooters, an insect pest that also attacks grapes.

Brown planthopper is the most prominent insect pest of rice.

In insect pest management, EPN infectiousness has varied a lot.

The Peach fruit fly Bactrocera zonata is a dangerous insect pest of many fruit crops.

The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), is a notorious insect pest of rice.

A symbiotic bacteria dramatically increases reproduction and survival in a common insect pest.

Parasitoids, a group of natural enemies, play a very important role in regulating insect pest population.