Lytle - APES Ch 12 Vocab
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| biological control | A set of methods to control pest organisms by using natural ecological interactions, including predation, parasitism, and competition. Pard of integrated pest management.
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| contour plowing | Plowing land along topographic contours as much in a horizontal plane as possible, thereby decreasing the erosion rate.
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| desertification | The process of creating a desert where there was not one before.
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| integrated pest management | Control of agricultural pests using several methods together, including biological & chemical agents.A goal is to minimize use of artificial chemicals;another goal to prevent or slow the buildup of resistance by pests to chemical pesticides.
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| no-till agriculture | Combination of farming practices that includes not plowing the land and using herbicides to keep down weeds.
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| overgrazing | When the carrying capacity of land for an herbivore, such as cattle or deer, is exceeded.
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| terminator gene | A genetically modified crop that has a gene to cause the plant to become sterile after the first year.
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