BCECE Medical BCECE Medical Solved Papers-2003

  • question_answer
    IPM (Integrated Pest Management) involves :

    A)  tissue culture

    B)  biological control  

    C)  bio-fertilizers

    D)  confusion technique

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Sustainable pest management is otherwise known as integrated pest management. It as applied in agriculture is ideally the use of most effective, economical, safest ecologically sustainable and sociologically acceptable combination of physical, chemical and biological methods to limit the harmful effect of crop pests. Plant tissue culture is a technique of cultivation of plant cells, tissue or organs, in vitro on artificial medium. Biofertilizers are those organisms, which can bring about nutrient availability to crop plant. These are nitrogen fixing micro-organisms and mycorrhiza. In confusion technique (bioinsecticide- method) small paper pieces having female pheromones are thrown over the area. The male getconfused and are not able to locate the female.


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