Description : Such crops are grown to conserve the soil moisture through their ground covering foliage?
Last Answer : Ans.Mulch Crops
Description : With reference to agriculture, what are Smother Crops ? a Crops that are grown for grazing of harvesting for immediate or future feeding of livestock. b Crops grown to conserve the soil ... season when main crop fails. e Crops whose culture practices allow the infestation of weeds intensively.
Last Answer : e Crops whose culture practices allow the infestation of weeds intensively.
Description : A crop, grown for direct sale rather than for livestock feed or a crop grown by a farmer primarily for sale to others rather than for his or her own use?
Last Answer : Ans.Cash Crops
Description : Crops, those are grown to protect the main cash crop from a certain pest or several pests?
Last Answer : Ans.Trap Crops
Description : Generally, the third row of crop is removed or growing of crop in pair row and the third row is escaped with an object to conserve the soil moisture in Dryland areas?
Last Answer : Ans.Paired row Crops
Description : "Mulching" is the term used for the process of (a) Covering the roots of plants with loose material, dung, etc. in order to protect them from soil erosion etc. (b) Breaking down big pieces ... into small ones (c) Transplanting of paddy seedlings (d) Nitrogen fixation of soil by use of fertilizers
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : Crops, which protect another crops from trespassing of animals or restrict the speed of wind and are mainly grown as border
Last Answer : Ans.Border/Guard Crops
Description : The crop grown on degraded land for improvement is called
Last Answer : Ans.Conservation crop
Description : One crop variety grown alone in pure stands at normal density in a field
Last Answer : Ans.Sole cropping
Description : Any crop or combination of crops is grown for grazing or harvesting for immediate or future feeding to livestock?
Last Answer : Ans.Ley Crops
Description : An agroforestry practice in which perennial, preferably leguminous trees or shrubs are grown simultaneously with arable crop?
Last Answer : Ans.Alley crops or hedge-row intercrops
Description : The most popular mechanical measure to control soil erosion and conserve is
Last Answer : Ans.Contour Bunding
Description : About 50-75% of soil erosion by wind is carried out by
Last Answer : Ans.Saltation
Description : What are the types of soil movement in the process of wind erosion?
Last Answer : Ans.Saltation, Suspension and Surface creep
Description : The cropping system beneficial to prevent soil erosion due to winds is
Last Answer : Ans.Strip cropping
Description : A system of tillage in which organic residues are not inverted into the soil and used as a protective cover against erosion and evaporational losses of soil moisture?
Last Answer : Ans.Conservation tillage or stubble mulch tillage
Description : The length of growing period, suitable for growing only a single dry land crop
Last Answer : Ans.14 weeks
Description : Crop growing season of dryland farming is
Last Answer : Ans.75 – 120 days
Description : The growing of more than one crop on the same land in one year is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Multiple cropping
Description : The repetitive growing of the same sole crop on the same land is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Monoculture
Description : Growing of two or more crops simultaneously in alternate rows or otherwise in the same area, where there is significant amount of inter crop competition is called as
Last Answer : Ans.Intercropping
Description : The raising of animals along with crop production is
Last Answer : Ans.Mixed farming
Description : The optimum temperature for better crop production is between
Last Answer : Ans.18 – 240 C
Description : A very broad term encompassing all aspects of crop production, livestock farming, fisheries, forestry etc.
Last Answer : Ans.Agriculture
Description : The percentage of applied irrigation water stored in the soil and made available for consumptive use by the crop
Last Answer : Ans.Irrigation Efficiency
Description : Potato crop favours the soil for best growth
Last Answer : Ans.Sandy loam soil
Description : The tillage referred as no tillage in which the crop is planted in unprepared soil
Last Answer : Ans.Zero tillage
Description : An ideal condition of soil for crop growth?
Last Answer : Ans.Seed-bed
Description : A branch of agricultural science which deals with principles and practices of soil, water and crop management.
Last Answer : Ans.Agronomy
Description : Identify the crop on the basis of the following characteristics - 1. It is a kharif crop. 2. Aus, Aman and Boro are its three different growing periods in an agricultural yea 3. About one-fourth of the ... . Select the correct answer using the code given below - a. Wheat b. Rice c. Cotton d. Pulses
Last Answer : b. Rice
Description : Such weeds, that are grown in cultivated field?
Last Answer : Ans.Obligate weeds
Description : Maize variety widely grown in USA?
Last Answer : Ans.Zea mays identata (Dent corn)
Description : Most widely grown maize spp. in India?
Last Answer : Ans.Zea mays indurate (Flint corn)
Description : The highest grown wheat species in India
Last Answer : Ans.T. aestivum
Description : Javanica rice is grown in
Last Answer : Ans.Indonesia
Description : Japonica rice is grown in
Last Answer : Ans.Japan
Description : Indica rice is grown in
Last Answer : Ans.India
Description : Crops which are grown to supplement the yield of the main crops?
Last Answer : Ans.Augment Crops
Description : Late planting of chickpea is done to protect the seedlings from?
Last Answer : Ans.Wilt disease
Description : The practice of flushing out germinable weed seeds before crop sowing is called
Last Answer : Ans.Stale seed bed
Description : What is the Critical Period of Crop-Weed Competition for sugarcane?
Last Answer : Ans.30-120 DAS
Description : What is the Critical Period of Crop-Weed Competition for Upland rice condition?
Last Answer : Ans.Entire period of crop growth
Description : What is the Critical Period of Crop-Weed Competition for transplanted rice?
Last Answer : Ans.30-45 DAS
Description : Which of the following stages of a crop are more prone to weed competition?
Last Answer : Ans.Germination to seedling
Description : The off type crop varieties are
Last Answer : Ans.Rogue
Description : Problematic weed, whose seed once mixed with crop seed is extremely difficult to separate?
Last Answer : Ans.Objectionable weed
Description : Which crop rotation under dryland situation will be more remunerative?
Last Answer : Ans.Sesamum-gram
Description : The crop sown under condition of early onset of monsoon
Last Answer : Ans.Pearlmillet and Sesamum
Description : The contingent crop plan suggested when long gap in rainfall
Last Answer : Ans.Providing life saving irrigation only at critical growth stages
Description : Change in normal crop planning to meet weather abnormalities is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Contingent planning