A pest is any organism harmful to humans or human concerns. The term is particularly used for creatures that damage crops, livestock, and forestry or cause...
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Look up pest or Pest in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pest or The Pest may refer to: Pest (organism), an animal or plant deemed to be detrimental to...
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parasites. In homes and urban environments, the pests are the rodents, birds, insects and other organisms that share the habitat with humans, and that feed...
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Blueberry (section Pest management)
naturally relatively unmolested by arthropod pests. Nonetheless, there are 24 insect taxa known to be pest (organism)s in North America, the worst in New Jersey...
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Home-stored product entomology List of notifiable diseases Noxious weed Pest (organism) Hewitt, C. Gordon (1914), The House-fly, Cambridge University Press...
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or other scientific and economic evidence to determine whether an organism is a pest, whether it should be regulated, and the strength of any phytosanitary...
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controlling pests, whether pest animals such as insects and mites, weeds, or pathogens affecting animals or plants by using other organisms. It relies...
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Introduced species (redirect from Exotic pest)
invasiveness). Some species have been introduced intentionally to combat pests. They are called biocontrols and may be regarded as beneficial as an alternative...
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Weed (redirect from Pest plant)
weeds Introduced species Invasive species List of beneficial weeds Pest (organism) Superweeds Vavilovian mimicry Vermin Volunteer (botany) Weed of cultivation...
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Benefits include pest control, pollination, and maintenance of soil health. The opposite of beneficial organisms are pests, which are organisms deemed detrimental...
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Vermin (category Pests (organism))
Vermin (colloquially varmint(s) or varmit(s)) are pests or nuisance animals that spread diseases and destroy crops, livestock, and property. Since the...
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A genetically modified organism (GMO) is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. The exact definition...
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Infestation (category Pests (organism))
is the state of being invaded or overrun by pests or parasites. It can also refer to the actual organisms living on or within a host. In general, the...
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Pesticide resistance (category Pests (organism))
decreased susceptibility of a pest population to a pesticide that was previously effective at controlling the pest. Pest species evolve pesticide resistance...
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Pesticide application (category Pest control techniques)
nematode control agents) are delivered to their biological targets (e.g. pest organism, crop or other plant). Public concern about the use of pesticides has...
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Glossary of phytopathology Lists of invasive species Outline of forestry Pest (organism) Plant disease epidemiology Robert Hartig Forest Pathology (journal)...
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Lepidiota stigma (category Pests (organism))
Lepidiota stigma, also known as sugarcane white grub, is a species of insect native to Southeast Asia. The species is known to attack sugarcane fields...
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Intercropping (section Pest management)
the barriers against biological dispersal of pest organisms through the crop. There are several ways pests, typically herbivorous insects, can be controlled...
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Biopesticide (category Biological pest control)
biopesticide is a biological substance or organism that damages, kills, or repels organisms seen as pests. Biological pest management intervention involves predatory...
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magpies are not classified as a pest organism at a national level (NZ Biosecurity – direct communication via email). Any pest classification and subsequent...
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English Dictionary's earliest citation of this usage is from 1611. Pest (organism) Use of DNA in forensic entomology de Moya, Robert S; Yoshizawa, Kazunori;...
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Biosecurity Act 1993 (redirect from National Pest Management Strategy)
reform of the laws relating to pests and other unwanted organisms. It was a world first. In the Act an "unwanted organism" is defined as one that "is capable...
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Plant disease (section Fungus-like organisms)
virus-like organisms, phytoplasmas, protozoa, nematodes and parasitic plants. Not included are ectoparasites like insects, mites, vertebrates, or other pests that...
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Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as integrated pest control (IPC) is a broad-based approach that integrates both chemical and non-chemical...
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Nuisance wildlife management (category Pests (organism))
reduced inexpensively by placing bird netting over the plants to keep the pests away. On the other hand, fencing out deer from a lawn or garden can be more...
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Knockdown resistance (category Pests (organism))
threat to the continued usefulness of pyrethroids in the control of many pest species. Research since 1990 has provided a wealth of new information on...
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Pesticide (section By pest type)
experiments. Release of other organisms that fight the pest is another example of an alternative to pesticide use. These organisms can include natural predators...
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Noxious weed (category Agricultural pests)
was repealed by the Biosecurity Act 1993, which used words such as "pest", "organism" and "species", rather than "noxious". Consequently, the term "noxious...
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Invasive species (redirect from Invasive organism)
environmental threat worldwide. Invasion of long-established ecosystems by organisms is a natural phenomenon, but human-facilitated introductions have greatly...
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