HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

DISEASE AND PEST MANAGEMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which 3 of the following are indirect controls of pests?
A
Pesticides
B
Timely harvesting
C
Stubble cleaning
D
Crop rotation
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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