control measures of the following major pests of crops: cereals stem borer, army worm, ear worm – etc; CONTENTS legumes pod borer, aphids, sucking bugs – and leaf beetle; beverages cocoa myrids (capsids); – tubers yam beetle, cassava mealybugs, – green spidermites, variegated grasshopper; cotton stainer, bollworms; – fruits and vegetables thrips, grasshopper, – leaf roller, leaf beetle, scale insect; stored produce grain weevils, bean beetle. – Non-insect e.g. birds, rodents etc. Side effects of preventive and control methods: chemical pollution, poisoning; – biological - disruption of the ecosystem etc; cultural harmful effects of burning etc. – General effects/economic importance of pests. Nature of damage, Meaning of weeds. economic importance, Types of weeds. preventive and control measures of each of the Effects of weeds on crops and economy. non-insect pests would be Characteristic features of weeds. assessed Methods of controlling weeds: cultural, biological, chemical, physical and mechanical methods. Common and botanical names would be assessed.
control measures of the following major of crops: cereals – stem borer, army worm, ear worm etc; CONTENTS legumes – pod borer, aphids, sucking bugs and leaf beetle; beverages – cocoa myrids (capsids); tubers – yam beetle, cassava mealybugs, green spidermites, variegated grasshopper; – cotton stainer, bollworms; fruits and vegetables – thrips, grasshopper, leaf roller, leaf beetle, scale insect; stored produce – grain weevils, bean beetle. Non-insect pests e.g. birds, rodents etc. Side effects of preventive and control methods: chemical – pollution, poisoning; biological - disruption of the ecosystem etc; cultural – harmful effects of burning etc. General effects/economic importance of pests. Meaning of weeds. Types of weeds. Effects of weeds on crops and economy. Characteristic features of weeds. Methods of controlling weeds: cultural, biological, chemical, physical and mechanical methods. Nature of damage, economic importance, preventive and control measures of each of the non-insect pests would be assessed Common and botanical names would be assessed.
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