0 an insect or small animal that is harmful or damages crops: --
Put that back, you little pest!
common pests such as rats, mice, or cockroaches
1 an insect or small animal that is harmful or damages crops: --
Other organic farmers explained that crop diversification and timing of planting helps them withstand threats from conventional agriculture induced pests and diseases.
The book is divided into six parts, targeting the pests of pasture, field crops and vegetables, fruit, forestry, weeds and nuisance pests.
An epidemiological model using a zero biting frequency could be used to test the hypothesis that pests are absent.
The spread of insect pests is strongly influenced by the female's choice of plant parts for oviposition and other oviposition characteristics.
Predatory beetles contribute to the control of crop pests and are an important food resource for farmland birds.
The present study, however, revealed that recognized noctuid stem borer crop pests are not abundant on wild hosts compared to wild noctuid species.
Reasons for legume seed loss included eating the seed, livestock or birds eating the crop, beetles, weevils or other pests destroying the seeds.
The impact of a legume on soil fertility, pests, food and nutritional security, and whole system productivity needs to be simultaneously considered.
