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Cultural weed control: It involves the use of routine farm practices without the use of tools. These practices are
Others include the following Use of clean seeds, Close spacing and Close season.
Biological weed control: This is the use of natural enemies or living organisms e.g plants, animals, insects and micro-organisms to control weeds.
Preventive Weed Control
Under preventive method of weed control, the most effective is quarantine.
Quarantine are laws or regulations put in place by the government in order to prevent the entry of foreign pests, diseases, and weeds from one country to another.
All imported agricultural materials must undergo quarantine by subjecting them to certain tests and inspections to be sure they do not contain weed seeds, fruits or their propagules before they are allowed entry into the country.
Integrated Weed Management (IWM)
In this method, all or some of the measures discussed above are combined together and used to combat weeds as no single method is absolute. Hence, it is the most effective of weed control method.
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