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Crop rotation
* affects soil tilth and fertility.
* can also be effective against some corn nematodes, especially the needle nematode
  - give the soil a chance to recover lost nutrients
* can also help build up soil infrastructure
  - replenish the nutrients plants remove from the soil during their growth
* can be a valuable tool to manage certain insect pests in field and vegetable crops
  - an effective means of managing soil fertility and pest problems
  - useful in reducing nematode populations
* can reduce both the use of pesticides and the risk of weed resistance to herbicides
  - food resources and thus, pocket gopher populations
  - the buildup of soil-borne diseases
* common method in both commercial agriculture and home gardens.
* disrupt cycles of weed, insect, and disease pests
  - weed life-cycles, especially when differences are maximized
* does reduce inoculum carryover.
* enhances the productivity of a field and reduces the incidence of soil borne disease.
* help control shattercane.
* helps alleviate disease and nematode problems
  - cut the use of fertilizer and insecticides
  - improve the soil by the crop families using different nutrients
  - minimize the damage of some pests on edible crops
  - prevent the build-up of disease organisms in the soil
* helps to deter pests from returning regularly
  - keep losses minimal in fields where mosaic has occurred
* increase crop diversity.
* is also effective in reducing reniform nematode populations
  - helpful in reducing the buildup of flea beetle populations
* is also important for reducing the potential of several soilborne diseases of wheat
  - to maintain a minimum infestation of troublesome weeds
  - useful for reducing root knot nematode populations
  - an effective management practice for root-feeding insects
* is another cultural method that if used correctly can enhance weed control
  - important tool in reducing the sclerotial population in the soil
  - done to improve soil health and minimize insect and plant disease problems
  - effective in managing cotton root-knot nematodes
  - essential, as the moth usually overwinters in the soil right underneath the plants
* is important because corn nematodes are grass feeders
  - for production of a high-yielding crop
* is important in minimizing thrips infestations
  - scab control
  - weed control as well
* is important to keep the soil healthy and to prevent disease
  - prevent pathogen populations from building up to high levels
  - most effective on insects that develop on a limited number of plants
  - often an overlooked aspect of weed control
* is one of the best ways to avoid pests
  - to prevent or reduce disease infestations on pumpkins
  - main ways that winter wheat growers manage downy brome
  - most cost-efficient means of reducing pests
  - several approaches to contain erosion losses
  - way to help maintain soil fertility
  - practiced in potato production
* is the basis for the sustainability of direct-sowing systems
  - growing of selected crops in a regular order on any particular field
  - most effective way to control winter annual bromes
  - practice of alternating the type of crop planted
  - thus far superior to insecticides for reducing rootworm populations
* is used to break insect cycles
  - keep crops from depleting the soil
  - minimize pest buildup
  - useful in increasing soil fertility, though inputs are often required
* long-established practice because it generally improves yield.
* major factor for reducing organism buildup in the soil
  - in minimizing the disease problems in small grains
* means to grow different crops in order or succession.
* necessary practice for minimizing many diseases.
* practice in which farmers grow different types of crops in various seasons.
* reduces erosion, seriousness of disease and insect damage, and weed problems
  - residual populations of all four root rot organisms
  - the cost of Colorado potato beetle control in potatoes
* refers to planting different vegetables on the same land from year to year.