Question 9- Write an essay - (Marks 15)
Is plant health under threat?
2020 is the International year of Plant Health. The oxygen and food produced by the plants nourishes the entire life on the earth. What are the basic needs of the plants? What factors are responsible for health of the plants? How does the health of plants depend on humans and other organisms? Should the health of plants be maintained to preserve life on the earth? What can we do for it?
Answers
Private sector businesses have a key role in plant health as they can contribute to the development of global plant health standards and help implement them. The private sector is also a driver of innovation in the plant-health domain and a key player in the production and protection of plants and plant products.
Promote environmentally friendly products and practices for preventing and managing pests.
Make trading and transporting plants and plant products safer by complying with international plant health standards and legislation.
Inform clients that transporting plants and plant products may spread plant pests and diseases – sometimes with devastating results.
Sustain innovative plant-health practices and the use of new technologies to facilitate market access in line with international standards.
It is true that plant health is under threat.
● The basic needs for the health of plants are good amount of Sunlight, fertile soil and clean water.
● Polluted underground water, polluted air and soil erosion influence plant health a lot.
● Plant health do depend on human beings and other living organisms.
● This is because human beings have to keep the environment clean and neat so that pollution decreases which provides good amount of fertile soil and water for the growth of a healthy plants and even other organisms are responsible as microorganisms also play an important role in in maintaining the fertility of soil.