Plant and agricultural products quarantine.

Quarantine of plants and agricultural products

Effective protection of the crop is achieved by systematically using a system of measures, such as making a forecast of the development and reproduction of pests and diseases, inspecting crops, seedlings, as well as weeds, and processing plants using various methods and tools in order to determine the extent of pests and the focus of diseases in time. Several methods of pest, disease and weed control are used. Agrotechnical methods of plant protection, technical methods of organization and crop care, as well as ways of storing agricultural products, i.e. the reproduction and accumulation of pests, methods of combating the development of diseases (sowing period and methods, soil cultivation, fertilization norms, weed control, rotation includes planting, reclamation). Mechanical and physical methods of protection include methods that resist the entrance of the pest into agricultural plants (trapping the pest, burning, freezing, flooding, destruction by electric current, etc.).

Exam block: Chemistry, biology