The USSR is currently the world's largest producer of raw cotton. Cotton crop protection is based on a system of forecasting and the use of cultural, biological and chemical methods of control as dictated by the situation in the field and prescribed by the USSR Ministry of Agriculture. Alternation of pesticides from different chemical groups during the growing season is important to protect the environment and to avoid or delay the development of resistant pest populations.
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