Explain FIVE non-chemical methods you would advise a farmer to use in controlling crop diseases.

      

Explain FIVE non-chemical methods you would advise a farmer to use in controlling crop diseases.

  

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william
Pruning to create unfavourable micro-climate for some pathogens, hence minimize the spread of disease.

Closed season: to break down the life cycle of the pathogens.

Early planting or timely, helps the crop to establish faster before disease attack.

Planting disease –free/certified seeds to prevent introduction of pathogens into the fields.

Weed control to facilitate elimination of disease causing organisms associated with some weeds.

To prepare spacing to control the spread of pests in certain crops such as rosette in groundnuts.

Roguing, which involves removal and destruction of the infected crops to stop the disease from spreading further.

Use of resistant varieties, which have natural protective mechanism against crop diseases.
steve williams answered the question on January 7, 2018 at 22:12


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