the killing, reduction or elimination of insects which are pests, using insecticide, etc
Examples of 'insect pest control' in a sentence
insect pest control
Insecticide resistance has limited the number of available chemical options for insect pest control.
Matthias B Van Hiel, Bert Breugelmans, Charles N Pagel, Adam K Williams, Aiden K Varan,Richard Burke, Vernon M Bowles, Philip Batterham 2012, 'The ovicidal, larvacidal and adulticidal properties of 5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridylagainst Drosophila melanogaster.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3502172?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Mixed cultivation systems of forage crops are an economically and ecologically sustainable method of insect pest control.
Nikolova Ivelina Mitkova, Georgieva Nataliya Anastasova, Valiseva Viliana Marinova 2018, 'Assessment of the pure sowing of different legumes and in mixtures with grass on productivityand damage level by Sitona spp. and Otiorrhynchus ligustici (LINNAEUS, 1758) (Coleoptera:Curculionidae)', Polish Journal of Entomologyhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pjen.2018.87.issue-4/pjen-2018-0022/pjen-2018-0022.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The need for insect pest control in a rational and sustainable manner has generated the search for effective control measures.
Joel Correa Souza, Wilson José de Melo e Silva Maia, Jessivaldo Rodrigues Galvão,Pedro Paulo da Costa Alves Filho, Antônio Vinicius Corrêa Barbosa 2015, 'Resposta funcional e capacidade predatória da fase larval de Ceraeochrysa caligataalimentada com Brevicoryne Brassicae', Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentávelhttp://www.gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/RVADS/article/view/3308. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)