noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
other
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Transmitted by green fly and other sucking pest .
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I can't remember all the other pests in my garden, there have been so many.
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On other nights I dreamed of other pests .
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Similarly predators are encouraged to control other pests such as slugs, snails and the Solomon's seal sawfly.
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Spray roses in pots with water daily to keep humidity up; watch out for greenfly and other pests .
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This was to rid Glasgow's Arches of rats and mice and any other pests that were lurking there.
■ NOUN
control
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The local Rentokil pest control branch were contacted to see if they could help.
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Vineyards like Napa Ridge like the idea of using low impact, natural pest control and are pleased with the preliminary results.
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Six devices have been sent to people with links to pest control , farming and hunting in the past fortnight.
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Entomology was also taking on an economic role as its application to pest control became evident.
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It is these concerns which have encouraged a move back towards biological or organic methods of pest control .
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Gardening in tomorrow's world Future pest control at a stroke?
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The researchers were actually working on a mouse contraceptive vaccine for pest control , according to New Scientist.
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A different type of biologically engineered pest control is claimed to have been effected through a free-living soil bacteria.
insect
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Plants under stress from drought, disease or nutrient deficiency are the most likely to attract insect pests .
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Smaller birds that prey on insect pests also raid fruit crops, which must be netted.
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Also insect pests and diseases increase when the same crops are grown year after year.
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Many birds nest and sleep in hedges and eat insect pests .
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The house longhorn beetle is another insect pest which seems to be confined to parts of Hampshire and south-west Surrey.
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Some plants already possess genetic resistance to attacks by insect pests while others resist certain fungal diseases.
management
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A multidisciplinary approach to pest management is essential.
■ VERB
become
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In classical biological control, a natural enemy is introduced to control an organism that has become a pest in its absence.
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The heron gobbled up land crabs which, without the herons, had become a pest on the islands.
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I fear that from becoming perhaps a local nuisance he will become a pest .
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Two centuries later, the mongrels have found an identity of their own and have become a pest .
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Creeping thistle, haunt of the charming meadow brown butterfly, can become a real pest if it gets a foothold.
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Everywhere it has become a pest .
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Vincent's constant demands for attention were becoming a pest .
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Foxhunters say that they perform a valuable service, controlling the numbers of foxes, which can become pests .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a thorough pest/nuisance/mess
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a new strategy for pest control
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Stop being such a pest , Timothy.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A different type of biologically engineered pest control is claimed to have been effected through a free-living soil bacteria.
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Farmers employ mixed cropping systems and plant local cultivars with some resistance to pests.
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He thought it was a phone pest until police collared the culprit with a phone tap.
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The heron gobbled up land crabs which, without the herons, had become a pest on the islands.