the maintenance of plant health by preventive measures, in particular the choice of appropriate species, varieties or heterogeneous material resistant to pests and diseases, appropriate crop rotations, mechanical and physical methods and protection of the natural enemies of pests;
sláinte plandaí a chothú trí bhearta coisctheacha, go háirithe trí na speicis, cineálacha nó ábhar ilchineálach iomchuí a roghnú atá frithsheasmhach in aghaidh lotnaidí agus galar, trí uainíocht iomchuí na mbarr, trí mhodhanna iomchuí meicniúla agus fisiceacha a roghnú agus trí naimhde nádúrtha lotnaidí a chosaint;