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1
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What is crop productivity reduced by?

A

weeds
pests
diseases

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How can we ensure the greatest yield of crop?

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Tightly control, weeds pests and fungal infections

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3
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Why are weeds bad?

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They can compete with crop plants for resources and reduce yield

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4
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What are the two main groups of weeds?

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Perennial weeds

annual weeds

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5
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Properties of perennial weeds

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-Live for several years
-become dormant in winter-time
-grow again in the spring

-storage organs
-vegetative reproduction

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6
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Properties of annuals weeds

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Complete there entire life-cycle in one year

-high seed output
-short life cycle
-rapid growth
-long-term seed viability

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Are most pests of plants invertebrate or vertebrate? +examples

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invertebrate

such as insects, nematode worms and molluscs

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Effects of invertebrate pests

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-they DESTROY LEAVES

-this reduces the plant’s ability to carry out PHOTOSYNTHESIS and therefore their ability to PRODUCE SUGAR

-this causes a reduction in VIGOUR and YIELD OF CROP

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9
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What are plant diseases caused by? and what are the 3 types?

what are they often carried by?

A

pathogens

-fungi
-bacteria
-viruses

These diseases are often carried by invertebrate vectors (carriers

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10
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What are the 2 ways in which weeds, pests and disease controlled?

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by cultural means
by chemical means

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cultural methods of crop protection

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1-ploughing
2-weeding
3-crop rotation

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Chemical means of crop protection

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pesticides

including:
-herbicides to kill weeds
-fungicides to control fungal disease
-insecticides to kill pests
-molluscicides to kill mollusc pests
-nematicides to kill nematode worms

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What are pesticides?

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chemicals which are applied to crop plants to protect them from damage

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What 2 types of pesticides are there?

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systemic and selective

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What are systemic pesticides?

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systemic insecticides, molluscicides and nematicides spread through the vascular system and kill pests feeding on plants

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16
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what are systemic herbicides

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-applied to **kill weeds*
-They are absorbed into the plant’s transport system and quickly spread through the vascular system of the plant
-This has a lethal effect on the leaves and the roots of the plant so avoids regrowth of the weeds

17
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What are selective herbicides?

A

-they mimic the action if plant regrowth hormones
-they work by being absorbed through the leaves
-this speeds up the metabolism of plants to the extent that they use up their food reserves and die
-selective herbicides have a greater effect on certain plant species (broad leaved weeds)

18
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What do farmer’s often apply fungicides based off of?

A

disease forecasts
This is a preventative method
and is more effective than treating crops which are already diseased

19
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What issues can the use of pesticides lead to?

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-Toxicity to non-target species

-persistence in the environment , bioaccumulation or biomagnification in food chains

-producing resistant populations of pests

20
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What is bioaccumulation?

A

A build-up of chemicals in an organism

21
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What is biomagnification?

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An increase in the concentration of a chemical moving between tropic levels

22
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What is biological control?

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The control of a pest population through the introduction of one of its natural ‘enemies)

23
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What types of biological controls are there?

A

A predator
A parasite
A pathogen of the pest

24
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What is the main advantage of using a biological control?

A

No chemicals are used which may persist in the environment

25
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Problems with biological control

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The control organism may become an invasive species, parasite, prey or be a pathogen of another species

26
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What is Integrated pest management (IPM)

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IPM uses a combination of chemical, biological and cultural control to improve yield

27
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What is the main aim of IPM

A

to reduce chemical use and only use chemicals which do not persist and reduce pests to levels which allow biological control methods to take over

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