In agriculture cultural control is the practice of modifying the growing environment to reduce the prevalence of unwanted pests. Examples include changing soil pH or fertility levels, irrigation practices, amount of sunlight, temperature, or the use of beneficial animals (e.g. chickens) or insects (e.g. ladybugs). These can detrimental effects to ...
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the use of good gardening techniques to control pest populations.
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A pest control method in which normal agronomic practices, tilling planting, crop spacing, irrigating, harvesting, waste disposal, crop rotation are altered so that the environment is less favourable for the pest (Stirling, 1985) The application of agronomic, agricultural and silvicultural practices etc. to control pests e.g. ploughing under of crop residues, pruning and destruction of infected tree branches, crop rotation (van den Bosch, 1980)....
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The use of gardening techniques to control pest populations.
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Pest management practices that rely upon manipulation of the cropping environment (e.g., cultivation of weeds harboring insect pests).
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