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Beet cyst eelworm: Part 4

Trap crops are used to entice beet cyst eelworms to hatch and enter the plants, where they will be unable to reproduce. This drastically reduces the eelworm population.

There is an obvious disadvantage to planting a trap crop: the farmer loses the opportunity of having a commercial crop growing in its place. But there

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