SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION
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Question
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If you have too many insects and weeds on your farm you would apply ____, which are chemicals that are used to kill insects and weeds.
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Compost
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Manure
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Pesticides
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Fertilizer
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Pesticides are used to protect crops against insects, weeds, fungi and other pests.
Detailed explanation-2: -insecticide, any toxic substance that is used to kill insects. Such substances are used primarily to control pests that infest cultivated plants or to eliminate disease-carrying insects in specific areas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Insecticides are the chemicals that are used to kill the insects. For example, rotenone, nicotine, azadirachtin, pyrethrins. Fungicides are the chemicals used to kill fungi. Weedicides are the chemical used to kill weed (unwanted plants).
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