9th Class Science Improvement in food resources Question Bank 9th CBSE Science Improvement in food resources

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      Discuss different methods of weed control.    

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                      The various methods of weed control are The various methods of weed control are (i) Mechanical method Uprooting, weeding, hand hoeing, insterculture, ploughing, buring and flooding.                                                                   (1) (ii) Cultural   method Proper   seed   bed preparation,  timely sowing of crops, intercropping and crop rotation.                        (1) (iii) Chemical method Spraying of chemicals like herbicides or weedicides.                           (1) (iv) Biological control Use of insects or some organisms which consume and destroy the weed plants.                                                           (1) Example Prickly-pear cactus (Opuntia) is controlled insect and aquatic weeds are controlled by fish grass carp.                            (1)


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