Description : Crop growing season of dryland farming is
Last Answer : Ans.75 – 120 days
Description : Which crop rotation under dryland situation will be more remunerative?
Last Answer : Ans.Sesamum-gram
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 : Most appropriate crops in dryland farming are
Last Answer : Ans.Pearlmillet, sorghum, gram, toria
Description : The most dangerous situation in dryland condition is
Last Answer : Ans.Early withdrawal of water
Description : A close-growing crop, grown primarily to improve and protect the soil from erosion through their ground covering foliage and/or rootmats between periods of regular crop production?
Last Answer : Ans.Cover Crops
Description : The most popular mechanical measure to control soil erosion and conserve is
Last Answer : Ans.Contour Bunding
Description : Growing of two or more crops simultaneously and intermingled without row arrangements, wherethere is significant amount of intercrop competition is called as
Last Answer : Ans.Mixed cropping
Description : The length of growing period, suitable for growing only a single dry land crop
Last Answer : Ans.14 weeks
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 : Flat planting predominates where a) Nature moisture content is favourable b) Rainfall is high to provide surface drainage c) Semi arid areas to conserve moisture d) None of the above
Last Answer : a) Nature moisture content is favourable
Description : The moisture deficit condition, results when the amount of water vapour available in the soil is not sufficient to meet the demand of potential evapo-transpiration
Last Answer : Ans.Drought
Description : A period in which the available soil moisture is enough to meet the evapotranspiration requirement of dry land crops
Last Answer : Ans.Length of growing period
Description : The moisture content of a soil at which plants permanently wilt and will not recover.
Last Answer : Ans.Permanent wilting point (PWP)
Description : The amount of soil moisture or water content held in soil after excess water has drained away is called
Last Answer : Ans.Field capacity (FC)
Description : Which of the following is a method of indirect measurement of soil moisture?
Last Answer : Ans.Neutron moisture meter
Description : Soil moisture content is determined by
Last Answer : Ans.Tensiometer (at 0.85 bar)
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 optimum range of available soil moisture for convenient and effective ploughing
Last Answer : Ans.50-75%
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 : The recommended spacing between row to row and plant to plant of sunflower?
Last Answer : Ans.50 cm x 20 cm
Description : The Row to row spacing of wheat
Last Answer : Ans.22.5 - 23.0 cm
Description : The artificial application of water to supply moisture essential to plant growth is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Irrigation
Description : Optimum moisture content for safe storage of mustard is
Last Answer : Ans.7-8%
Description : The moisture content at harvesting stage of wheat
Last Answer : Ans.25-30% 3. Maize
Description : Mixed cropping is– a. Growing of two or more crops simultaneously without any row pattern b. Growing of two or more crops simultaneously with a particular row pattern c. A crop with sericulture d. None of these
Last Answer : Growing of two or more crops simultaneously without any row pattern b. Growing of two or more crops simultaneously with a particular row pattern c. A crop with sericulture d. None of these
Description : Cultivation of crops in areas where average annual rainfall is 1150 mm are categories as
Last Answer : Ans.Rainfed Farming
Description : The variety best suited for sowing in Rainfed areas?
Last Answer : Ans.C-306, Sujata, Shera, Mukta
Description : The crop grown on degraded land for improvement is called
Last Answer : Ans.Conservation crop
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 : 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
Description : The ratio of the crop yield to the total amount of water used for irrigation is called, measured in kg/ha-cm is
Last Answer : Ans.Water use efficiency
Description : Water requirement of cotton crop
Last Answer : Ans.70-130 cm
Description : The quantity of water needed for normal crop growth and yield in a period of time to a place and may be supplied by precipitation or by irrigation or by both.
Last Answer : Ans.Water requirement of a crop
Description : Irrigation is applied to the crop at
Last Answer : Ans.50%soil moisture depletion stage