Which practice helps reduce pest habitat by removing breeding sites and food sources through cleanup and sanitation?

• A. Crop rotation
• B. Sanitation
• C. Pheromone trapping
• D. Mechanical exclusion

Answer: (B)

Sanitation focuses on removing what pests need to breed and feed, cutting off their habitat. By cleaning up debris and spilled foods, disposing of waste properly, eliminating standing water, and storing supplies in sealed containers, you reduce breeding sites and food sources, making pest problems easier to manage and less reliant on pesticides. Other methods have different aims: crop rotation changes crops over time to reduce pest buildup, pheromone trapping is primarily for monitoring or disrupting mating, and mechanical exclusion blocks pests from entering but doesn't address existing breeding sites or food sources.