There are animals that destroy the crop before it is harvested. Farmers find it
difficult to protect the crops from these animals, insects and microorganisms.
Provide information to your classmates by answering the questions.
(a) What are these animals/insects called? Name few that ruin the standing
crops.
(b) What methods do the farmers employ to protect their crops?
(c) Name some common insecticides used to protect crops.
(d) Write the difference between insecticide, pesticide, fungicide and
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a) pests , rat and bollworms etc.
b) 1)using pesticides like herbicides, insecticides etc.
2) biological pest control approaches such as cover crops, trap crops and Beetle banks.
3) barrier based approaches such as Agro- Textiles and Bird netting.
c) the most commonly used insecticides are the organophosphates, pyrethroids and carbamates
d) Insecticides are chemicals used to kill insects like locusts. Rodenticides are chemicals used to kill rodents like rats. Fungicides are chemicals used to destroy fungi. ... So insecticides, rodenticides and fungicides are all pesticides
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