Crop Protection and Management

The science and practice of protecting crops from diseases, weeds and other vertebrate and invertebrate pests, is known as crop protection. There are various methods and approaches to plant protection. Pesticides are also widely used for crop protection. It includes insecticides, herbicides and fungicides. Biological pest control is a method of protecting pests by using other organisms. These include cover crops, beetle banks and trap crops. Barrier-based approaches such as bird netting and...