Question : How do biotic and abiotic factors affect crop production?

1.	Question : How do biotic and abiotic factors affect crop production?
Answer» Solution :1. Biotic factors that affect crop production are microbes, fungi, insects, nematodes and other pests, rodents and few species of birds. 2. Abiotic factors include TEMPERATURE, water availability, humidity, soil structure, etc Drought, salinity, watger logging, soil structure, etc Drought,, salinity, watter logging heat, cold and frost are the conditions that directly INFLUENCE these abiotic factors. d 3. Both the factorscan reduce the yield. When both the factors are interconnected they cause more losses, e.g., Crops are damaged by fungus to GREATER extent when there is humidity. 4. These factors affect the crop production in teh following way: 1. Less yield 2. Infested GRAINS with pests 3. Poor germination capacity 4. Degraded quality 5. Grains becomes discoloured and odorous 6. Poor marketability.

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