Sentences with phrase «of pest»

A handful of pest populations have grown resistant to B. thurin - giensis toxins, something many pest - control experts thought would never happen.

For instance, when an exotic pest is introduced in Florida, scientists find the origin of the pest and try to identify its natural enemies.

The book serves as an important resource for anyone searching for efficient and sustainable biological methods of pest control.

Expansion of pest populations into new territories increases the risk that these organisms will escape our control.

In the absence of these pest insects the crop has thrived in countries ranging from Nigeria to Thailand.

Increased frequencies of pest and disease outbreaks resulting from these changes may have additional negative effects on agricultural production and human well - being, with impacts projected to worsen.

My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status, regardless of the pest.

How much better it would be to have a kinder, gentler form of pest control, one that renders female mice infertile, preventing plagues before they start and leaving native wildlife untouched.

«Pest resistance to biotech crops surging: A new global assessment helps scientists explain why cases of pest resistance to genetically engineered crops increased by more than fivefold in the past decade, yet some pests remain suppressed.»

Although the new report is the most comprehensive evaluation of pest resistance to Bt crops so far, Tabashnik emphasized that it represents only the beginning of using systematic data analyses to enhance understanding and management of resistance.

Research published in PLOS Computational Biology presents a model to understand the actions of humans and the dynamics of pest populations.

Researchers say that the actions of individual farmers should be considered when studying and modelling strategies of pest control.

A farmer's decision on whether to control a pest is usually based on the perceived threat of the pest and the guidance of commercial advisors.

South Pacific land snails are rare to begin with, but they have taken a hit in the last few decades after residents of Raiatea, in the Society Island chain some 5000 kilometers south of Hawaii, began importing predatory snails from Florida in 1986 to eat another kind of pest snail.

Although the new report is the most comprehensive evaluation of pest resistance to Bt crops so far, Tabashnik indicated it represents only the beginning of using systematic data analyses to enhance understanding and management of resistance.

Although some scientists have expressed concern that reports of pest resistance to Bt crops provide «ammunition'to anti-biotech activists, Tabashnik said «Pests are remarkably adaptable.

The importance of the pest has necessitated the implementation of a prevention strategy led by numerous national surveillance and control centres in affected countries.

The CIRAD research team is continuing to work on the desert locust, in the aim of improving management of the pest by taking account of its many aspects and considering it as a complex adaptive system.

You can switch between these types of pest control depending on your needs.

These measures, she said, include the deployment of pheromone trap catches in various locations across the country to ascertain the levels of infestation, training of MoFA staff and farmers on scouting, early detection and sustainable management of the pest in the event of an outbreak.

The number of pest control complaints in the city has jumped 1.5 percent since last year, when the Health Department slashed the number of agents as a result of budget cuts, the Daily News reported.

While they'd never say so in public, most officials consider comptroller Auerbach something of a pest.

DOWNTOWN — Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer warned of a «horrific» rat invasion plaguing New York and accused the Health Department of making the problem worse Tuesday after cuts to the number of pest control officers out on the street.

Critics say that hunting can not possibly be a form of pest control as they kill so few compared with other methods.

He had strong views about economics, the free market and low taxation, and it will come as a surprise to many of his former colleagues that he was the founder member of PEST — Pressure for Economic and Social Toryism — which later became associated with a left, if not wet, form of Conservatism.

Country shooting includes live quarry shooting of game, wildfowl and the management of pest species.

BASC strongly opposes the Hunting Act, and believes land owners and managers should be able to choose the most effective methods of pest and predator control for their circumstances.

Alan Jarrett, Chairman of BASC said: «I welcome the RSPB and scientists» endorsement of pest control as a key action that benefits species, many of which are already of conservation concern, and which could further suffer from climate change.

Hunts would be eligible to register if they could show that hunting was undertaken for purposes specific to pest control (the utility test), and that it would cause less suffering than any alternative method of pest control (the cruelty test).

This principle argument has, however, spun off countless sub-debates on what level of pest foxes are; what damage is caused by hunts to the countryside; and what freedoms and liberties the individual has.

The nonprofit organization Beyond Pesticides has information about potential health impacts of pesticides and nontoxic alternatives for almost any type of pest problem.

Environmental Protection Agency: «Lead - Based Paint,» «Ten Tips to Protect Children from Pesticide and Lead Poisonings,» «Protecting Children from Pesticides,» «Citizen's Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety,» «Do's and Don'ts of Pest Control,» «Introduction to Indoor Air Quality.»

I allow chemicals to be used for the purpose of pest control once or twice a year.

Three: They do the same kind of sorcery Disney does, and use natural predators and other entomological interventions to achieve the effect of pest control.

while we are trying to get rid of a pest and solve our problems, u are out ere Laughing at the spuds

And what do we have here now for the wave of milennials bunch of pest fans who constantly moanig for 24/7 endlessly.

Maybe Hakstol is hoping that TK is enough of a pest that the Pens forget to keep scoring on the Filppula line.

Add the the green beans, zucchini and carrots into a bowl with 1 cup of pest and stir to coat the vegetables generously.

Significantly more non-pest butterflies were recorded on organic farms than conventional farms but there was no significant difference in the abundance of pest species54.

Biological pest control on organic farms, for example, relies on maintaining healthy populations of pest predators and parasitoids.

Our research to assess and understand the risk of entry, establishment or spread of pest and pathogen invasions will continue to help Australia maintain its favourable biosecurity status.

Observations on the occurrence of pest and beneficial insect species were also recorded during confined field tests of GR2E rice in the Philippines.

it is applied by, or with the authorisation of, a Commonwealth, state or territory authority to prevent the introduction, establishment or spread of a pest or disease in Australia, state or territory, or

Fonterra and Federated Farmers received letters in November 2014 containing a threat to contaminate infant formula with 1080 unless New Zealand ended its use of the pest control poison by the end of March.

The letters sent to Fonterra and Federated Farmers in November 2014 contained a threat to contaminate formula products with 1080 unless New Zealand ended its use of the pest control poison by the end of the March.

providing $ 25.8 million over 4 years to help manage the effects of pest animals and weeds in drought - affected areas, and an additional $ 50 million for pest animals and weeds across Australia.

In the United States, there have been more reports of pest infestations in restaurants that are connected to multiple units than standalone structures.

(The crusts are quite similar, except that one is even more buttery and more of a pest to work with.

Finally, rotation of peas with other crops has been shown to lower the risk of pest problems.

Buyers can check on licensing of pest control operators and applicators by calling the Oregon Department of Agriculture at [phone] or online here.