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单词 mirid
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Definition of mirid in English:

mirid

noun ˈmʌɪərɪdˈmɪrɪdˈmīrid
  • An active plant bug of a large family that includes numerous plant pests.

    盲蝽。原称CAPSID 1

    Family Miridae (formerly Capsidae), suborder Heteroptera

    Formerly called capsid
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nymphal mirids are very tiny, delicate creatures which may not resemble the adults very much.
    • In the subfamily Bryocorinae, the mirids are separated into two tribes, Monaloniini or Odoniellini.
    • In the 25 days of observation, for example, 57 plants were found to harbor an average of 3.3 predatory mites, 16 plants contained nabids, and 30 plants contained mirids.
    • Currently, mirid control relies on calendar spraying, which is both expensive and a huge challenge to cocoa sustainability.
    • Much smaller populations of the mirids were present on those same farms in 2005 and 2006.
    • If the proper pesticide had been used at the right time, the mirids could have been controlled in 2004, he said.
    • We have been evaluating different mirid sampling techniques to identify accurate mirid numbers to help growers decide which technique to use and when to control mirids.
    • Lindane, a highly poisonous organochlorine, is sprayed on crops of cacao plants growing in Ghana and other west African countries to control mirid bugs, which cause the plants to wilt.
    • In the past, green mirids have apparently been controlled by standard Heliothis and Etiella sprays.
    • This was also the first experiment to be inundated with high numbers of mirids on which to make control assessments.
    • With a 0.25 precision level, the number of samples needed to detect low mirid densities was nearly double for the ten leaflet procedure than for the seven leaf procedure.
    • The researchers found that populations of other cotton pests, particularly ones called mirids, have blossomed.
    • The mirids differ between regions but they are a major problem in most cocoa growing regions.
    • Together, these results support the idea that resident mirids serve in anti-herbivore defense for P. urostachyum plants.
    • These results show that the mirid compromises waterhyacinth competitiveness, and validate the introduction of the mirid into South Africa.

Origin

1940s: from modern Latin Miridae, from mirus 'wonderful'.

Definition of mirid in US English:

mirid

nounˈmīrid
  • An active plant bug of a large family that includes numerous plant pests.

    盲蝽。原称CAPSID 1

    Family Miridae (formerly Capsidae), suborder Heteroptera

    Formerly called capsid
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the subfamily Bryocorinae, the mirids are separated into two tribes, Monaloniini or Odoniellini.
    • These results show that the mirid compromises waterhyacinth competitiveness, and validate the introduction of the mirid into South Africa.
    • The mirids differ between regions but they are a major problem in most cocoa growing regions.
    • Lindane, a highly poisonous organochlorine, is sprayed on crops of cacao plants growing in Ghana and other west African countries to control mirid bugs, which cause the plants to wilt.
    • Much smaller populations of the mirids were present on those same farms in 2005 and 2006.
    • If the proper pesticide had been used at the right time, the mirids could have been controlled in 2004, he said.
    • In the past, green mirids have apparently been controlled by standard Heliothis and Etiella sprays.
    • Nymphal mirids are very tiny, delicate creatures which may not resemble the adults very much.
    • With a 0.25 precision level, the number of samples needed to detect low mirid densities was nearly double for the ten leaflet procedure than for the seven leaf procedure.
    • Together, these results support the idea that resident mirids serve in anti-herbivore defense for P. urostachyum plants.
    • Currently, mirid control relies on calendar spraying, which is both expensive and a huge challenge to cocoa sustainability.
    • In the 25 days of observation, for example, 57 plants were found to harbor an average of 3.3 predatory mites, 16 plants contained nabids, and 30 plants contained mirids.
    • We have been evaluating different mirid sampling techniques to identify accurate mirid numbers to help growers decide which technique to use and when to control mirids.
    • The researchers found that populations of other cotton pests, particularly ones called mirids, have blossomed.
    • This was also the first experiment to be inundated with high numbers of mirids on which to make control assessments.

Origin

1940s: from modern Latin Miridae, from mirus ‘wonderful’.

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