Selective pesticides are toxic only to the target organism and related species. (Dreistadt, S.H. (2016). Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs, Third Edition: An Integrated Pest Management Guide)
Abies is a genus of c. 58–60 species of evergreen coniferous trees distributed across the northern hemisphere. They are tall (exceptionally to 100 m, usually 40–60 m) with straight, columnar, usually single trunks. (Christian, T. (2021), 'Abies' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/abies/). Accessed 2024-08-05.)
A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – toothpickweed; from the 2010s, generally reclassified as Visnauga daucoides. (Wiktionary. 2025. Ammi visnaga https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ammi_visnaga)
An endosymbiont or endobiont is any organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism most often, though not always, in a mutualistic relationship. (Adapted from Margulis L, Chapman MJ (2009). Kingdoms & domains an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on Earth (4th ed.). Amsterdam: Academic Press/Elsevier. p. 493. ISBN 978-0-08-092014-6.)
