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why crop rotation helps in preventing crops from pests and diseases?

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As we know, weeds compete with the crops to obtain nutrients and show similar growth patterns. In crop rotation, farmer grows different crops one after the other in the same fields. Every crop has different nutrients requirements from the other crops. Due to alteration in nutrients, the lifecycle of weeds get altered which ultimately results in their elimination.

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