Question
What are bioherbicides? Give any two examples.
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Answer
- Bacteria, fungi and insects which kill the dicot herbs which acts as weeds in the fields of monocot cereal crops, are known as bioherbicides.
- Pseudomonas spp. and Xanthomonas spp. kill several weeds.
- Fungus Alternaria crassa controls water hyacinth.
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