Explain six physical methods that can be used to control crop pests on the farm.

      

Explain six physical methods that can be used to control crop pests on the farm.

  

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(i) Trapping/picking and killing the pests.

(ii) Use of lethal temperature to kill the pests.

(iii) Flooding to suffocate and kill the pests.



(iv) Use of physical barriers e.g. fences, rat guards, etc to keep the pests away from the crop/produce.

(v) Proper drying to make penetration difficult.



(vi) Use of explosives to destroy breeding. grounds and kill the pests.

(vii) Suffocation: carbon dioxide build up is used to suffocate pests in stores especially Cyprus bins.
Mohaissack answered the question on October 10, 2017 at 13:53


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