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What are alternatives to pesticide use and toxic pest control methods?
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∙ 13y ago
cultivation methods (make the plant strong),biological controls (use the bugs force against it), or reproductive controls (cleaning the bugs from there dirt) and finaly pheromones ( the bug will think it is mating and walk into the trap). i hope this has helped :)
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y ago* biological control * adapting consumer habits to eating "ugly" fruit
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∙ 14y agoReducing food, water or harborage as an alternative.
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∙ 13y agocrop rotation, introduction of beneficial insects, mulching, and use of low-toxicity pesticides such as sulfur, soaps, and biopesticides
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∙ 12y agoThere are always natural alternatives to using pesticides. For example - using ladybirds to control aphid infestations.
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What pesticides control mill bugs?
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Can pesticide kill humans?
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