DENDROLOGY

TREE DISEASES AND PESTS

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Soil tillage, crop rotation, and trap crops are all part of ____ control
A
Biological
B
Chemical
C
Cultural
D
Mechanical
E
Regular
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cultural control is the use of crops rotation, resistant varieties, fillage practice, regular weeding, fallowing, timeless planting, uprooting and burning infected crops.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cultural practices for disease management are: crop rotation, flooding, soil solarization, adjusting planting date, irrigation, fertilization, composting, sanitation and others.

Detailed explanation-3: -Crop rotation is one of the oldest and most effective cultural control strategies. It means the planned order of specific crops planted on the same field. It also means that the succeeding crop belongs to a different family than the previous one. The planned rotation may vary from 2 or 3 year or longer period.

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