biocontrol
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of biocontrol
Example Sentences
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When these oomycetes are infected by certain mycoviruses, however, their ability to cause disease can be weakened -- a phenomenon known as hypovirulence -- making mycoviruses potential biocontrol agents.
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024
The test by APS biocontrol, who make the repellent brand Smidge, will be held in Minnard or Inveraray in Argyll.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2023
Someday, a genetic biocontrol tool might emerge to help suppress the population, she said.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023
Leaf-beetles can be used to as a biocontrol for invasive plants such as purple loosestrife.
From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018
Among other methods, current biocontrol strategies against the mold involve dousing fields with the nontoxic version of the fungus, which would hypothetically leave no place for toxic A. flavus to colonize.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 19, 2017
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