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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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use
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Do not use any insecticide sprays in the house, or pesticide sprays in the garden.
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I built up my soil, added trace elements, made compost, never used herbicides or chemical insecticides .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Almost like new roses themselves, chemical insecticides and fungicides come and go with remarkable rapidity.
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But they began to develop resistance to the insecticide .
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Do not use any insecticide sprays in the house, or pesticide sprays in the garden.
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For example, the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis has the ability to produce crystalline spores which act as natural insecticides.
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If you have a lot of plants and don't want to use any of the usual chemicals, try a biological insecticide .
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Last year, insecticide efforts essentially failed.
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The wood must be free of insecticides and herbicides.
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Treatment involves the application of insecticide by pressure spray in the form of pungent solvents or water-based emulsions or pastes.