Over time, repeated application increases pest resistance, while its effects on other species can facilitate the pest's resurgence.

That epidemic was the result of a similar overuse of elms in urban environments, leading to a monoculture that lacked any disease or pest resistance.

Hardness, as well as its moisture, weathering and pest resistance makes it useful for construction and carpentry.

Certain varieties contain more than others, and some selective breeding and genetic modification studies have focused on using this trait to identify and produce commercial varieties with increased pest resistance.

New biotechnology tools will be used to transfer the perennial characters into cultivated rice, and new knowledge of genetic diversity will be applied to develop pest resistance.