Question

Suggest preventive measures to control pests.

Answer 1

Crop's pests can be controlled by following measures:

1. Use of pesticides (insecticides, weedicides, and fungicides) that kill the insects, weeds, and fungal pests.
2. Use of resistant crop varieties.
3. Crop rotation and multiple cropping.
4. Clean cultivation.
5. Sowing crops at optimum time.