The fungus that causes chestnut blight, for example, decimated thousands of trees and changed the American landscape in the early 1900s.

例如会导致栗树枯萎的真菌已经杀死了数千株树木，并在1900年代初改变了美国的风土景观。

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Massive application of pesticides has meanwhile extinguished some pests and insects while letting others thrive, including the American bollworm, an unpleasant cotton blight, and rice-leaf folder.

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