Uploaded May 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
For a pest to succeed in your farm, it needs three things to intersect:
- The pest needs to be virulent
- The host has to be susceptible (this depends on crop and resistance)
- The environment needs to be favorable (warm and humid)
You can affect all three of these things to some degree.
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The host-pest-environment triangle can be used to assess a pest’s ability to succeed.
For a pest to succeed, the pest has to be virulent (able to infect, reproduce, and spread), the host has to be susceptible, and the environment has to be favorable.
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Music: "Anjela" by TV Girl
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Copyright Bright Agrotech, 2017
For a pest to succeed in your farm, it needs three things to intersect:
- The pest needs to be virulent
- The host has to be susceptible (this depends on crop and resistance)
- The environment needs to be favorable (warm and humid)
You can affect all three of these things to some degree.
For more free videos, check out Upstart University and start your free trial today! university.upstartfarmers.com/limited-trial/?ref=43
The host-pest-environment triangle can be used to assess a pest’s ability to succeed.
For a pest to succeed, the pest has to be virulent (able to infect, reproduce, and spread), the host has to be susceptible, and the environment has to be favorable.
Want to learn more about plant pathogens? Enroll in the full course! university.upstartfarmers.com/courses/plant-pathology-upstart-farmers/?ref=43
Music: "Anjela" by TV Girl
From the Free Music Archive
Copyright Bright Agrotech, 2017
