Crop Protection
"Future Agriculturist! Protect the harvest! Learn to manage pests, diseases, and weeds sustainably."
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1. The Pest Triangle 🔺
Disease/Pest occurs only when these 3 overlap:
Susceptible
HOST
HOST
+
Virulent
PATHOGEN
PATHOGEN
+
Favorable
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
2. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 🛡️
Methods (in order of priority):
- Cultural: Crop rotation, sanitation, resistant varieties.
- Physical/Mechanical: Hand picking, barriers, traps.
- Biological: Predators, parasitoids (natural enemies).
- Chemical: Pesticides (Last resort!).
3. Types of Pests 🐛
- Insects: Chewing (caterpillars) vs Sucking (aphids).
- Pathogens: Fungi, Bacteria, Viruses, Nematodes.
- Weeds: Grasses, Sedges, Broadleaves.
- Vertebrates: Rats, Birds.
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