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Cambridge IGCSE Agriculture

5.1Weed control

Weed 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.

  1. 5.1(a)Identify one named local weed of a crop and describe its harmful effects and mode of spread.
  2. 5.1(b)Explain cultural, mechanical and chemical methods of weed control.

Lessons

  • Weed control methods and types of herbicide

    40 min

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  • Weeds: harm, benefits, groups and how they spread

    35 min

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Weed control: sample question

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When is a pre-emergence herbicide applied?

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