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14:13 Oct 26, 2009 

to plati aj v suvislosti s vasou predoslou otazkou - jadroviny a pozivanie chemikalii. Kontrola skodcov jabloni (pome) nie je vhodna na kontrolu skodcov (egresov, pomarancov ) atd.

14:06 Oct 26, 2009 

-as highly specific in activity
-konajuci podla potreby
In general "pests", yes they are good, but if they are over populatede, they are not.

12:15 Oct 26, 2009 

Yes, it is possible these might be side effects, as you said previously, and the meaning is: "unfortunately, we were not able to prevent it from killing also...", then "selective to" would be just a diplomatic way of saying it.:-)

11:27 Oct 26, 2009 

In many cases texts such as this have been translated from English in the first place - on several occasions I have seen errors/over-fancy language in translations of medicine PILs, for example, that have not been corrected and they then enter 'standard' usage. I agree - ask the client to see if this is what is *really* meant, and if not put it down as an error on the part of either the author or the original translator. Alternatively try and find an English version on the internet.

11:19 Oct 26, 2009 

This is really a sort of question for the client.

11:14 Oct 26, 2009 

environment" - that's one part of the labelling, and under this heading it says, e.g., "Very poisonous to fish". Last on the list, it says the product is "selective" for all the "antagonists" of harmful insects. This doesn't inspire much confidence in the product, does it?

11:06 Oct 26, 2009 

it's good to know that others are puzzled too! - but one thing I've noticed, on re-reading the text, is that the first of the above phrases is actually in the list of "risks to non-target organisms". In other words, I think they mean that this is a side-effect of the pesticide rather than its intended effect.
It still seems rather odd to use the word selektivní...

10:57 Oct 26, 2009 

This seems to be rather a puzzle. Google shows that the phrase "...selektivni vuci antagonistum skodliveho hmyzu... does appear in several BLs for pesticides. Probably is the meaning of "selektivni vuci" more general and it includes also "selectively protects - avoids"?

10:50 Oct 26, 2009 

...wanted to sound fancy but simply has not mastered his or her mother tongue enough. I believe he wanted to say the stuff is not harmful to the predator species, but the only way how to be sure is to ask the client.

I am not posting this as an answer because it's not a correct translation of the term you are querying.