HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
DISEASE AND PEST MANAGEMENT
Question
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Which 3 of the following are indirect controls of pests?
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Pesticides
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Timely harvesting
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Stubble cleaning
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Crop rotation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Four-field rotations The sequence of four crops (wheat, turnips, barley and clover), included a fodder crop and a grazing crop, allowing livestock to be bred year-round. The four-field crop rotation became a key development in the British Agricultural Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are three primary methods of using biological control in the field: 1) conservation of existing natural enemies, 2) introducing new natural enemies and establishing a permanent population (called “classical biological control"), and 3) mass rearing and periodic release, either on a seasonal basis or inundatively.
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