Snails As Fertilizer

GOLDEN APPLE SNAILS (pomacea canaliculata) SHELL AS ALTERNATIVE TO dirty FOR WALING-WALING (vanda sanderiana reichb.f.)

Chapter 1
The Problem: Its Background

Introduction

A cuss is an animal which is detrimental to gentlemans gentleman or human concerns. It is a loosely defined term, frequently overlapping with the related terms vermin, weeds, parasites and pathogens. In its broadest sense, a pest is a competitor of humanity.
Often animals are derided as pests as they cause detriment to agriculture by feeding on crops or parasitizing livestock, such as codling moth on apples, or boll weevil on cotton. An animal could also be a pest when it causes damage to a wild ecosystem or carries germs within human habitats.
gold apple snail (pomacea canaliculata) also known as friendly Kuhol in the Philippines is one of the study pests in farms until now. However, golden apple snail can also be a reclaimable organism. There is more to golden apple snail shells than meets the nitty-gritty and multiple new uses are being devised for their use.
The golden apple snail was introduced into the Philippines between 1982 and 1984. It came from South America (Brazil and Argentina) via Taiwan.



Its high nutrient value as food for human beings and farm animals generated relate among both public and private sectors to propagate the production of this organism. However, a few years after its introduction, the golden apple snail became a major pest of strain.
Of the 3 million (M) hectares of sift lands in the Philippines, 1.2-1.6M hectares are infested with golden apple snail. In 1990, P212M was pass to control this pest. The first account that it had become a major pest was recorded in 1986 when about 300 hectares of irrigated rice farms in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) were heavily damaged. Since then, rice airfield infested with this pest has been increasing until it became a national menace. Farmers first word of mouth of defense is to use non-specific chemicals for instant kill of Golden apple Snail, without...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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