APES Ch12Vocab Lytle Word Scramble
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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. |
contour plowing | Plowing land along topographic contours as much in a horizontal plane as possible, thereby decreasing the erosion rate. |
desertification | The process of creating a desert where there was not one before. |
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. |
no-till agriculture | Combination of farming practices that includes not plowing the land and using herbicides to keep down weeds. |
overgrazing | When the carrying capacity of land for an herbivore, such as cattle or deer, is exceeded. |
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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