Cambridge IGCSE Agriculture
5.2Pest control
Pest control in Cambridge IGCSE Agriculture: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 5.2(a)Describe the life cycle, effect and spread of one biting and chewing pest, one piercing and sucking pest and one boring pest.
- 5.2(b)Name and describe the mode of action of contact and systemic pesticides and their appropriate use.
- 5.2(c)Describe biological and biotechnical methods of pest control.
- 5.2(d)Describe cultural pest control, including rotation and catch cropping.
Lessons
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Controlling crop pests and integrated pest management
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Crop pests: feeding groups, life cycles and named pests
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