Growing underground, it is prone to infestation by the feathery mottle virus and worms.
The infestation flustered fishermen on the Illinois, 100 years ago the largest inland fishery in America.
However, he also said Mr Pelletier had suffered financial hardship as a consequence of the infestation.
Pelletier's solicitor Roy Harley said the infestation had been caused by nearby works on tram lines.
Bioluminescent crops could indicate when they require water and nutrients, or warn of disease and infestation.
"A lot of our day is spent checking the vegetables for infestation, " he added.
The infestation will only worsen and become more costly and challenging to treat.
Yes this sounds a tad ridiculous, but its better than the headache of a bed bug infestation.
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Mr Harley also said professional pest controllers were finally called into tackle the problem surrounding the rat infestation.
"There is no more use in preventing anything, " said Huynh, stressing the pressing need to fight the infestation.
Its first commercial product called Jonotoc is a repellent for flystrike infestation and disease in sheep, McGuinness said.
You have to call pest control operators every three or four months just to keep the infestation under control.
South Florida is battling a growing infestation of the giant African land snail.
Anybody who has dealt with an infestation of stink bugs knows what a nuisance these armoured insects can be.
The infestation is gathering pace: foresters fear that by 2013 four-fifths of British Columbia's central-southern pine forest will be gone.
As an example, he cited the pine beetle infestation of this summer in the forests of Colorado and western Canada.
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It is common sense, of course, to try to prevent infestation rather than merely treating it once it has arisen.
Many of our forests have also been hit by disease and insect infestation that pose a mortal threat to their future.
By pinpointing communities lying close to habitats preferred by that fly, those with the highest chance of infestation could be identified.
Many vendors spray warehouses regularly with pesticides to avoid infestation, though some don't bother if the bugs aren't a nuisance to them.
Ain Shams University researchers say the crayfish infestation of burrows is causing segments of the Nile Delta's water canal network to collapse.
Pennsylvania, whose largest city Philadelphia makes our list, is considering legislation that would clarify whether a landlord or tenant is financially responsible for an infestation.
In August, an infestation of rats in a landfill near the town of Medicine Hat, in southern Alberta, threatened that claim to fame.
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Also, boat owners are not always as diligent as they might be when it comes to inspecting their vessels for signs of infestation.
Fortunately for the state's most important industry, citrus, the infestation is occurring before the fruit is ripe and being prepared for shipping to distant markets.
Progressive deterioration such as termite infestation and dry rot do not.
Officials urge people to clean areas of rodent infestation with caution.
Also, on about 1% of the beds "there is a very unusual infestation of barnacles which appears to have caused a high mortality (75%) of cockles".
Not since the days of the Chevy Chevette will we have seen a small car infestation on the scale that we're likely to see in 2006.
According to the Daily Mail, British Airways was forced to fumigate two planes after discovering a bed bug infestation on a Los Angeles-London flight.
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