CROP PRODUCTION; ART, SCIENCE AND BUSINESS Crop Production is the art and science of the genetic improvement of crops to produce new varieties with increased productivity and quality. The advanced genetic and molecular techniques have resulted in new varieties of crop plants, medicinal plants and ornamentals. Farming & Crop Protection Let's explore the limits of what's possible on every acre. Every growing season is filled with decisions, plans, agronomic insights, guesses, second-guesses, challenges, and some very well-earned successes. Yours is simply one of the hardest — and most important — jobs on earth. And you wouldn't trade it for anything. control techniques other than pesticide application, in order to reduce reliance on pesticides. As well as the risks associated with pesticide use, over-reliance has led to pest resistance, disruption to populations of natural pest enemies and secondary pest outbreaks, all of which make crop protection more difficult and expensive; 2. Ploughing, hoeing and basin preparation Hand picking of pests Cow-dung and clay mixture Pruning of fruit trees Use of wood ash on and around vegetable crops Beating drums and using domestic dogs for combating the menace of birds and monkeys Kerosene oil for killing borers Use of walnut and swetflag leaves against pests in stored grains To safeguard the productivity of crops, farmers remove these weeds by a process called weeding. Weeding is the process of controlling the growth of weeds. There are various methods of weeding: Spraying weedicides on the weeds Manually plucking the weeds by hands Removing weeds by trowel and harrow The purpose of this booklet is to provide guidance on the prevention and control of microbial contamination to all manufacturers of crop protec- tion products. It is applicable to: synthesis of intermediates and the active ingredients, formulations and (re)-packaging, procurement and warehou- sing of raw materials and packaging materials. 1.4 Integrated crop management SF8. Use specific cultivation techniques to maintain or improve the physical and biological characteristics of the soil as well as to reduce mineralization and leaching of nutriments. Minimal cultivation techniques - rather than conventional ploughing and associated cultivations - shall be considered. location of the nursery should be: ・ｷ land close to the house ・ｷ well exposed to the sun, but protected against severe heat ・ｷ well protected against animal damage and strong winds vegetable crops can be grown in two ways; either by sowing seed straight in the field, or by preparing seedlings in seedbeds and transplanting the seedlings in the … Harvesting can be defined as the cutting and gathering of the mature crop. The term harvesting also generally includes the immediate post-harvest practices like threshing and winnowing. allow us to check out both these processes Threshing: the method of separating the grains from their chaffs or pods is threshing a. Crop(s) they damage b. Management techniques 2-5. Describe the anatomical difference between insects and mites. 2-6. Describe the life cycle/life stages of a. insects with complete metamorphosis b. insects with incomplete (simple) metamorphosis c. mites d. annual, biennial, and perennial weeds e. nematodes f. vertebrate pests g. pathogens Certain cultural practices can prevent or reduce insect crop damage. These include destruction of crop residues, deep plowing, crop rotation, us