Suggest an alternative method for using pesticides to save the crops from pests.

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There are different methods which can be adopted for saving the crops from the pests without using the pesticides. The techniques like crop rotation, intercropping and organic pesticides can be used. We can use the microbes fro the destruction of the pests. There are biological methods which can be used to prevent the desctruction of crops from pests. Integrated pest management, genetic control and the natural methods are some of the other methods.

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