Sentence examples for ward off pests from inspiring English sources
Research suggests the damage is caused by cyanide that the plant produces to ward off pests.
As many plants also use sulphur pulled up from the soil to generate defence compounds to help ward off pests and diseases, this deficiency can also result in weak, vulnerable crops that require higher pesticide applications.
He notes that birds have been observed to place mustard leaves in their nests to ward off pests.
In fact, they are naturally selected to ward off pests, whether they be insects or hominids.
To ward off these pests, plants have evolved an arsenal of defensive traits.
Invest in pharmaceutical companies trying to stay ahead of the advance of disease and biotech firms developing pesticides and hardier crop strains to ward off the pest invasion.
Beyond that, the pesticides that ward off wooly adelgid leave the trees susceptible to mites, in essence replacing one pest with another.
It wards off illnesses and pests.
Helps ward off the cholera!
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