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Pest management is the strategic regulation of organisms that adversely affect plant health and agricultural productivity. This field is critical to plant science because pest damage significantly reduces crop yields and threatens food security, making effective management strategies essential for sustainable agriculture. Understanding pest ecology and developing integrated control approaches represents a fundamental research area that directly impacts agricultural resilience and plant health.

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Spider mites and other pest mites can silently devastate your tomatoes, strawberries, and housepl...

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The bread on your table depends on wheat, and tiny aphids quietly hijack its microbial ecosystem ...

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Fire ants tunnel through garden beds, damage plant roots, kill ground-nesting pollinators, and ha...

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