Why is it important to remove weeds from the cultivated field in early stage of the crop?

Weeds are poisonous to crops.

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Weeds are parasitic on the crops and hence will destroy the crop plant completely.

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Weeds resemble the crop plants and hence it will be difficult to identify between the crop and weed.

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Weeds compete with the crop plants for all essential requirements, thus reducing crop yield.

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The correct option is D. Weeds compete with the crop plants for all essential requirements, thus reducing crop yield.
Weeds compete with the crop plants for all essential requirements like water, nutrients, space and light and reduce the growth of crop in various ways. Hence it is important to remove weeds from the cultivated field in early stage of the crop in order to get a high yield of the crop.

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