Question

Chemicals such as fertilisers, insects, pesticides and weedicides decrease agricultural production.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

• Fertilizers contain elements like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous, which are very helpful in the growth of plants.
• Bacteria like rhizobium helps in nitrogen fixation for plants, which means it makes the atmospheric nitrogen soluble so that it can be utilized by the plants.
• Pesticides are used to protect crops from pests and other disease carriers, such as mosquitoes, rats, and mice.
• Weedicides are used to protect the crops from weeds which take up all the nutrition of crops.
• Hence it is clear that fertilizers, bacteria, pesticides, and weedicides increase agriculture production.
• Therefore the given statement is false.