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Question

The chemical by which weeds are removed from the farm land is called as:

A
pesticide
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insecticide
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C
weedicide
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D
herbicide
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Solution

The correct option is D herbicide
Field crops are infected by a large variety of weeds, insects, diseases and pests. Weedicides are used to remove weeds which are unwanted plants in the cultivated fields. Weeds can cause alot of damage to the crops if not controlled at the appropriate time.Pesticides, insecticides and fungicides are used to remove pests, insects and fungi respectively.

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