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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SAN JOSE SCALE

From its first being seen in the United States at San Jose, California.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SAN JOSE SCALE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAN JOSE SCALE

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San Jose scale is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SAN JOSE SCALE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

San Jose scale

The San Jose scale is a hemipterous insect in the family Diaspididae. It is an agricultural pest as it causes damage and crop losses to many fruit crops. In 1914, Q. perniciosus became the first documented case of insecticide resistance...

Definition of San Jose scale in the English dictionary

The definition of San Jose scale in the dictionary is a small E Asian homopterous insect, Quadraspidiotus perniciosus, introduced into the US and other countries, where it has become a serious pest of fruit trees: family Diaspididae.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAN JOSE SCALE

San Bernardino Pass
San Blas
San Diego
San Fernando
San Fernando de Apure
San Franciscan
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
San Ildefonso
San Jose
San Juan
San Juan Bautista
San Juan Islands
San Juan Mountains
San Marinese
San Marino
San Pedro Sula
San Remo
San Salvador
San Salvador Island

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAN JOSE SCALE

Beaufort scale
downscale
economies of scale
full-scale
grayscale
large-scale
limescale
locale
microscale
nanoscale
pay scale
pentatonic scale
rescale
scale
sliding scale
small-scale
subscale
timescale
upscale
wage scale
world scale

Synonyms and antonyms of San Jose scale in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «San Jose scale» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAN JOSE SCALE

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Translator English - Chinese

圣荷西规模
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Piojo de San José
570 millions of speakers

English

San Jose scale
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सैन जोस पैमाने
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

سان خوسيه على نطاق و
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Шкала Сан - Хосе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

San Jose escala
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সান জোস স্কেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Cochenille de San José
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Skala San Jose
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

San -José-Schildlaus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サンノゼの規模
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

산호세 규모
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

San Jose skala
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Quy mô San Jose
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சான் ஜோஸ் அளவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सॅन जोस स्केल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

San Jose ölçeği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Scala di San Jose
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Skala San Jose
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Шкала Сан - Хосе
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Scară San Jose
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Κλίμακα San Jose
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

San Jose skaal
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

San Jose skala
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

San Jose skala
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of San Jose scale

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAN JOSE SCALE»

The term «San Jose scale» is used very little and occupies the 156.657 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about San Jose scale

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAN JOSE SCALE»

Discover the use of San Jose scale in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to San Jose scale and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nursery Inspection and San Jose Scale
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Harrison Garman, 2012
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San Jose Scale and Its Nearest Allies: A Brief Consideration ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, 2010
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The San Jose Scale and Its Control
Altus Lacy Quaintance. 20 farmers' BULLETIN 650. DILUTION. It is very important to test with a hydrometer the strength of all lime-sulphur solutions prepared, to determine the proper amount of the concentrate that should be used for a given ...
Altus Lacy Quaintance, 1915
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Peaches, Plums, and Nectarines: Growing and Handling for ...
Fruit infested with San Jose scale. Note red spots which form around individual scales. causes the fruit to be culled because of its unsight- liness. In severe cases , when fruit is infested early, dimpled fruit may result. As limbs grow, following ...
James H. LaRue, R. Scott Johnson, 1989
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The San Jose Scale and Osage Orange Hedge...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas Baddeley Symons, 2012
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California Master Gardener Handbook
San Jose scale (Quadraspidiotus pemiciosus) See general comments above for armored scales. Twigs and branches heavily infested with this scale retain their leaves during winter and are easy to spot. Comments Armored scale.
‎2002
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Experiments with oils and lime-sulfur for the control of the ...
Oliver Irvin Snapp, James Randolph Thomson. Table 2. — eriments on the relation of volatility of oils to control of the San Jose scale on peach trees at Fort Valley, Ga., 1935-38 10. n. 12. 13. 14 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Test No. 1935- 36. do._ do.
Oliver Irvin Snapp, James Randolph Thomson, 1943
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Integrated Pest Management for Walnuts
Description and Seasonal Development The covers and body of the San Jose scale are similar to those of the walnut scale, except the margin of the female body of the San Jose scale is not indented. Also, immature male San Jose scales do ...
‎2003
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Armored Scale Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs (Hemiptera : ...
Barnes (1959) found that a foliar spray of DDT controlled San Jose scale on fruit trees. Occasionally San Jose scale outbreaks occurred in orchards repeatedly treated with synthetic organic insecticides (English 1955; Duda 1959), presumably ...
Douglass R. Miller, John A. Davidson, 2005
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Integrated Pest Management for Stone Fruits
San Jose scale is a serious pest of stone fruits in Central Valley growing areas. Other scale insects that may occasionally cause problems include European fruit lecanium, black scale, and Italian pear scale. These insects spend much of their ...
University of California (System). Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1999

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAN JOSE SCALE»

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Dormant oil for tree fruit pest management in 2015
Michigan State University Extension educators and growers around the state reported higher than typical San Jose scale numbers on apple fruit in bins in 2013 ... «Michigan State University Extension, Apr 15»
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Get to know your scales
Mature walnut scale, usually the males, appears to have a daisy-like outline. Females ... Natural predators appear to keep San Jose scale in check. European ... «Western Farm Press, Aug 14»
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Look for San Jose scale while pruning sweet cherries
San Jose scale Since its introduction into California in 1870, San Jose scale, Quadraspidiotus periciosus, has become a widely distributed pest of apple, peach, ... «Michigan State University Extension, Jan 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. San Jose scale [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/san-jose-scale>. May 2024 ».
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