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Is Chemical Pest Control A Good Thing? Introduction Pests are organisms that reduce the quality or yield of a crop
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Title: Is Chemical Pest Control A Good Thing? Introduction Pests are organisms that reduce the quality or yield of a crop. Many crop pests include aphids and caterpillars; however slugs and snails also cause a lot of damage. Pest control involves Biological, Chemical and Physical processes. Plants which are grown closely together may cause the rapid spread of fungal diseases and insect pests, from plant to plant, which soon affects large areas and causes heavy damage in a short period of time. It is important to control unwanted organisms, such as weeds, pests and insects that generate diseases from fungi and viruses, in order to obtain a harvest of high quality. * Biological Pest Control Biological control does not use any chemicals. It involves other organisms that are predators or parasites of pests. E.g. Greenhouse infested whitefly is where the predatory wasps are introduced. The wasp lays eggs into the scale (larva) of the whitefly....
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