In the image below, a rat can be seen eating the harvest in a field. Similary many biotic factors cause loss of stored grains. Choose the correct options for the biotic factors that cause crop storage losses.

Harvest mouse

Water logging and insects

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Drought, salinity, and diseases

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Both A and B

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None of these

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Solution

The correct options are
A
Water logging and insects

C
Both A and B

D
None of these

Biotic factors which may cause crop storage losses can be listed as rodents (mice, rats), insects, fungi and bacteria. Some abiotic factors that affect crop loss are improper temperature and moisture conditions.

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