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Physical control of pests

Description

Physical control refers to mechanical or hand controls where the pest is actually attacked and destroyed. Physical controls are used mostly in weed control. Tillage, fire, removal by hand, grazing and mowing are all used to destroy weeds and prevent reproduction. Some insects may also be destroyed by tillage, which destroys their eggs or overwinter stages of growth. Weeds are not controlled through a single operation.

Updated

November 14, 2013

Tags
early swathing grazing hand puling mowing physical controls strip harvesting tillage weed control

Title and publication information

Type
Fact Sheet
Extent

5 pages

Frequency

Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Agriculture and Forestry

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Topic
Agriculture

Resource Dates

Date Created

2001-11-07

Date Added

2019-03-19T19:33:07.299295

Date Modified

2013-11-14

Date Issued

2001-11-07

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Usage / Licence

Usage Considerations

This information published to the web on November 7, 2001. Reformatted for PDF on March 2019.

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