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is a method of control of pest or weed in which one living organism is used to control another living organisms.

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Answer: Biological control.

Biological control is the method of controlling pests such as insects, mites, weeds and plant diseases using other organisms.
Example, fish grass carp that eat aquatic weeds, cochineal insects feeding on prickly-pear cactus.

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