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3.3 Crop Protection Flashcards

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1
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Identify the three main biotic factors that reduce crop productivity

A

Weeds
Pests
Diseases

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How do weeds have an effect on crops?

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Compete with crops for space, light, water and nutrients reducing the yield of crops.

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How do pests have an effect on crops?

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Cause damages to leaves, reducing photosynthesis potential

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How do diseases affect crops?

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Plants metabolism is harmed by the pathogen

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What are the two types of weeds?

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Annual and Perennial

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Describe the properties of an annual weed

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Short Life-cycle (1 year)
High number of seeds
Sexual Reproduction
Rapid Growth

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Describe the properties of a perennial weed

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Long lifecycle
Asexual Reproduction
Storage Organs (bulbs, tubers etc.)

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What is the function of storage organs in perennial plants?

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To act as a store of energy ready to help growth if conditions are not ideal

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What are the three types of invertebrate pests for plants?

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Molluscs
Insects
Nematode Worms

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What are the three types of disease causing agents?

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Fungi
Bacteria
Virus

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How are plant diseases often carried?

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Inverebrate Vectors

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Describe ‘Cultural Methods’ of crop protection

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Cultural methods are the non chemical, traditional, ways of controlling a pest/disease/weeds.

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Give an example of a cultural method of crop protection

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Ploughing
Weeding
Crop rotation

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Chemical control involves pesticides. What are the five types of pesticide?

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Herbicides kill weeds
Insecticides kill insect pests
Fungicides control fungal diseases
Molluscicides kill mollusc pests
Nematicides kill nematode pests
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A selective pesticide works by only ____________ whilst leaving others unharmed.

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removing certain organisms. Selective pesticide works by only removing certain organisms whilst leaving others unharmed

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A systemic pesticide works by?

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Spreading through vascular system of plant.

17
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What is an advantage of a selective herbicide?

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Able to target broad leaved plants only, and will not have an effect on a narrow leaved plants

18
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What is an advantage of a systemic herbicide?

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Will spread through whole plant, killing all parts of plant and preventing regeneration. Which is more effective against perennial weeds.

19
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What type of herbicide would you recommend for a perennial weed?

A

Systemic, so it kills the storage organ, preventing regrowth

20
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What is ‘disease forecasting’

A

Predicting when diseases will arrive based on weather forecasts

21
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Why is protective application based on disease forecasting more efficient than applying once crop infected?

A
  • Fungal Infections spread very rapidly and so preventive methods must be used to prevent the infection occurring, which is protective application
22
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What are the two types of pesticide?

A

Selective and Systemic

23
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Describe how systemic insecticides, molluscicides and nematicides work?

A

Spread through vascular system of plant and kill pests feeding on the plant

24
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Describe a disadvantage of chemical protection of crops

A

Bioaccumulation and biomagnification
Persistent in the environment
Toxic to non-target species

25
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What is bioaccumulation?

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It is a build-up of a chemical in an organism

26
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What is biomagnification?

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Biomagnification is an increase in the concentration of a chemical moving between trophic levels.

27
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What is biological control?

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Addition of natural predator, parasite or pathogen to control a pest population

28
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State a disadvantage of biological control

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May become Invasive, out-competing native species and reducing biodiversity

29
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What is integrated pest management?

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The combination of chemical and biological control to control a pest population

30
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What is an advantage of integrated pest management?

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Reduces quantity of chemicals used

31
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Give an example of biological control

A

Parasitic wasps to control an aphid population

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