Insect Disease damage to crops is significantly higher in monoculture than in mixed crops
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Monoculture is the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop, plant, or livestock species, variety, or breed in a field or farming system at a time. Polyculture, where more than one crop is grown in the same space at the same time, is the alternative to monoculture.[1] Monoculture is widely used in both industrial farming and organic farmingand has allowed increased efficiency in planting and harvest.
Continuous monoculture, or monocropping, where the same species is grown year after year,[2] can lead to the quicker buildup of pestsand diseases, and then rapid spread where a uniform crop is susceptible to a pathogen. The practice has been criticized for its environmental effects and for putting the food supply chain at risk. Diversity can be added both in time, as with a crop rotation or sequence, or in space, with a polyculture.
Continuous monoculture, or monocropping, where the same species is grown year after year,[2] can lead to the quicker buildup of pestsand diseases, and then rapid spread where a uniform crop is susceptible to a pathogen. The practice has been criticized for its environmental effects and for putting the food supply chain at risk. Diversity can be added both in time, as with a crop rotation or sequence, or in space, with a polyculture.
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‘Insect Disease damage’ to crops is significantly higher in ‘monoculture’ than in mixed crops because, in case of monoculture crops, only a single breed of the crop is ‘planted and harvested’. In such type of filed, the insect has the chance to destroy all the crops as it is a single variety.
On the other hand, in case of mixed crops, more than one crop is grown in the field. In such situation, a single insect don’t causes damages to all different types of crops. It can affect only one type of crop, whereas the other types will remain safe.
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