Original sentence: (2003) Rational Pesticide Use: spatially and temporally targeted application of specific products.Bateman, R.In: Optimising Pesticide Use Ed.John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK.Pesticide application refers to the treatment of an organism, such as a crop or ornamental plant, against damage by other plants, insects, fungi, or animals.The term pesticide, as presented here, could refer to the use of herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, or nematode control
Edited sentence: Pesticide application refers to the practical way in which pesticides, (including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, or nematode control agents)are delivered to their biological targets (e.Public concern about the use of pesticides has high-lighted the need to make this process as efficient as possible, in order to minimise their release into the environment and human exposure (including operators, bystanders and consumers of produce).The practice of pest management by the rational use of pesticides is supremely multi-disciplinary, combining many aspects of biology and chemistry with: agronomy, engineering, meteorology, socio-economics and public health, together with newer disciplines such as biotechnology and informatics.pest organism, crop or other plant)