infestation

Examples of infested

infested

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The number of visits is given according to the abundance of trees, infested trees and mistletoes.
To obtain infested fruits, a third instar larva was placed into a small plastic dish (diameter 17 mm, height 11 mm).
The stems were prepared as described above, and infested with prey as for the mixed prey density treatment (iv) previously described.
The cane-cutters preferred the twelve-month cane; the 24-month cane was reported to be harder to cut, had lodged and was infested with weeds.
Fewer beetles attacked infested trees in subsequent years.
When possible, they avoid infested zones until the flies recede to their limited permanent habitations.
The control and infested plants were paired and arranged in a completely randomized design in the same conditions as used for rearing aphids.
The family lived in conditions of extreme social disadvantage, including currently having a council house infested with rats.
Five infested and three uninfested control plants were available to estimate biomass loss at maturity for each accession.
Thereafter, as would be expected, the plant cotton may become heavily infested.
Quantitative differences were apparent for tridecane which was released in larger amounts from infested seeds.
The concentration of linolenic acid in susceptible cultivars was significantly lower under infested conditions.
Some planters do not realise the disastrous effects which follow when cane-tops infested with borers are planted.
Taken together they were infested by adults of five species of ticks and immature ticks belonging to four genera (147 records in all).
An infested tuber was defined as one with visible tunnelling damage, regardless of the presence or absence of larvae.
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