NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Include a variety of native plants (including flowering varieties) in and around crops to attract different types of natural enemies. This will help provide food and shelter for a variety of beneficial insects. In small-scale agricultural settings, it may be possible to break up your plantings.

Detailed explanation-2: -The three categories of natural enemies of insect pests are: predators, parasitoids, and pathogens. Predators: Many different kinds of predators feed on insects. Insects are an important part of the diet of many vertebrates, including birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and mammals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Certain cultural practices can prevent or reduce insect crop damage. These include destruction of crop residues, deep plowing, crop rotation, use of fertilizers, strip-cropping, irrigation, and scheduled planting operations.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pest management in organic farming is achieved by using appropriate cropping techniques, biological control, and natural pesticides (mainly extracted from plant or animal origins).

Detailed explanation-5: -Chemical Control. The most common method of pest control is the use of pesticides-chemicals that either kill pests or inhibit their development. Pesticides are often classified according to the pest they are intended to control.