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单词 frit fly
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Definition of frit fly in English:

frit fly

noun
  • A very small black fly whose larvae are a serious pest of cereal crops and maize.

    Oscinella frit, family Chloropidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The development of this species is longer than that of the oat frit fly and occasionally, there is no generation on the ears.
    • The former curator is working on the ecology and systematics of leaf miner flies and frit flies which develop in plant tissue.
    • Insecticide treatment may be applied together with fungicide treatment, which protects corn against frit flies, bluebottle files and corn smut.
    • Autumn sown grass is occasionally attacked by the stem-boring maggots of frit flies.
    • Injuries caused by frit fly larvae were satisfactorily controlled with insecticides applied as a seed dressing.
    • My eye gnats could have been any one of a number of tiny insects called frit flies, most of which live in moist grassy areas.
    • In established grasses the normal result of frit fly attack is the loss of tillers which can be replaced.
    • Some pests for which such prognoses are made regularly are birdcherry aphids, frit flies and eyespot in cereals and sclerotinia disease in spring oilseeds.
    • Adult frit flies are black with small yellow markings on the legs.
    • Larval frit flies can be a serious pest of bentgrass, because their feeding causes yellowing and death of the central leaf.
    • There are several species of frit flies that attack turf grasses and most of these are found throughout the United States.
    • If you want to assess the likely frit fly situation on your farm then you can download a frit fly Risk Assessment Chart by clicking the frit fly link below.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Latin frit 'particle on an ear of corn'.

 
 

Definition of frit fly in US English:

frit fly

nounˈfrit ˌflī
  • A very small black fly whose larvae are a serious pest of cereal crops and golf-course turf.

    Oscinella frit, family Chloropidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In established grasses the normal result of frit fly attack is the loss of tillers which can be replaced.
    • Adult frit flies are black with small yellow markings on the legs.
    • Injuries caused by frit fly larvae were satisfactorily controlled with insecticides applied as a seed dressing.
    • The former curator is working on the ecology and systematics of leaf miner flies and frit flies which develop in plant tissue.
    • Autumn sown grass is occasionally attacked by the stem-boring maggots of frit flies.
    • The development of this species is longer than that of the oat frit fly and occasionally, there is no generation on the ears.
    • Some pests for which such prognoses are made regularly are birdcherry aphids, frit flies and eyespot in cereals and sclerotinia disease in spring oilseeds.
    • My eye gnats could have been any one of a number of tiny insects called frit flies, most of which live in moist grassy areas.
    • There are several species of frit flies that attack turf grasses and most of these are found throughout the United States.
    • Insecticide treatment may be applied together with fungicide treatment, which protects corn against frit flies, bluebottle files and corn smut.
    • Larval frit flies can be a serious pest of bentgrass, because their feeding causes yellowing and death of the central leaf.
    • If you want to assess the likely frit fly situation on your farm then you can download a frit fly Risk Assessment Chart by clicking the frit fly link below.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Latin frit ‘particle on an ear of corn’.

 
 
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