Question

Explain various methods of weed control.

Answer 1

The four methods of weed control are as follows:
1. Mechanical method: These include uprooting, weeding, hand hoeing, interculture, ploughing, burning, and flooding.
2. Cultural method: These include proper bed preparation, sowing crops timely, intercropping, and crop rotation.
3. Chemical method: These include spraying of chemicals called weedicides or herbicides that kill the weeds.
4. Biological method: These include the use of insects and other microorganisms that feed and destroy specific weeds.