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 : 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 : 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 : Crops which are grown to supplement the yield of the main crops?
Last Answer : Ans.Augment Crops
Description : Crops which are cultivated to catch the forthcoming season when main crop is failed?
Last Answer : Ans.Catch/Contingent Crops
Description : Such crops are grown to conserve the soil moisture through their ground covering foliage?
Last Answer : Ans.Mulch Crops
Description : In agriculture what is Green Manure ? a. Crops which are especially grown with the purpose of converting them for manure. b. Manure which is used only for Organic Farming. c. Manure ... to suit the growing crops d. Especially manufactured manure for the purpose of distracting pests and insects
Last Answer : a. Crops which are especially grown with the purpose of converting them for manure.
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 most frost affected crop among all field crops?
Last Answer : Ans.Gram
Description : The seed of succeeding crops is sown broadcast at 10 to 15 days before harvesting rice crop?
Last Answer : Ans.Paira/Utera Crops
Description : Crop plants grown in monoculture are (a) highly prone to pests (b) low in yield (c) free from intraspecific competition (d) characterised by poor root system.
Last Answer : a) highly prone to pests
Description : Agronomy is a branch of Agriculture that deals with – a) Breeding of crop plants b) Principles of field management c) Principles and practice of crop production d) Protection of crops from Diseases and Pests
Last Answer : c) Principles and practice of crop production
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 : Bt cotton is resistant against the pest
Last Answer : Ans.Helicoverpa (Spotted bollworm) 19. Jute
Description : In which type of cropping different crops are planted in proximity for any of a number of different reasons, including pest control, pollination, providing habitat for beneficial creatures, ... crop productivity? a. Companion Cropping b. Mixed Cropping c. Overlapped cropping d. Intercropping
Last Answer : a. Companion Cropping
Description : The recommended seed rate of mustard as main crop is
Last Answer : Ans.4-6 kg/ha
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 : Rotation of crops means (a) Same crop is grown again and again (b) Two crops are grown simultaneously to increase productivity of the soil (c) Different crops are grown in succession to maintain the soil fertility (d) None of the above
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : Which is not an adverse effect of irrigation? (a) Irrigation changes cropping pattern. (b) Water intensive crops are grown in dry areas. (c) Salinization of soil (d) Increase in crop yield.
Last Answer : (c) Salinization of soil
Description : The National Agricultural Insurance Scheme in its first two years of operation envisaged to cover...... (A) all crops-grown by small and marginal farmers only (B) all crops-cultivated with ... of farmers (D) only horticultural crops (E) only seven commercial crops-grown under contract farming system
Last Answer : (B) all crops-cultivated with the help of crop loans only irrespective of the size of holding of the borrowers
Description : What were large farms where cash crops such as tobacco and rice were grown?
Last Answer : Plantations.
Description : Most appropriate crops in dryland farming are
Last Answer : Ans.Pearlmillet, sorghum, gram, toria
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 alternate crops recommended to sow under late onset of monsoon
Last Answer : Ans.Castor, Greengram, Cowpea, Sunflower etc.
Description : Cultivation of crops in areas where average annual rainfall is 1150 mm are categories as
Last Answer : Ans.Rainfed Farming
Description : Irrigation method, suitable for undulating land, sandy soils and Vegetable and fruit crops
Last Answer : Ans.Sprinkler method
Description : The method, suitable for crops i.e. Sorghum, cotton, maize, tobacco, potato, sugarcane etc is
Last Answer : Ans.Furrow method
Description : When the productions of both inter crops is equal to that of its solid planting.
Last Answer : Ans.Companion cropping
Description : Such crops have different growth habits and zero competition to each other.
Last Answer : Ans.Parallel cropping
Description : Two or more than two crops of different heights cultivated simultaneously on the same field is called as
Last Answer : Ans.Multistoreyed/Multitired/Multi-level cropping
Description : Growing of two or more crops in quick succession on the same piece of land in a farming year is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Sequential/non-overlapping cropping
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 repetitive cultivation of an ordered succession of crops or crops and fallow on the same land is called as
Last Answer : Ans.Crop rotation
Description : The recommended fertilizer dose (N:P:K) for fodder and fibre crops are
Last Answer : Ans.2:1:4
Description : The recommended fertilizer dose (N:P:K) for oilseed crops are
Last Answer : Ans.3:2:1
Description : The recommended fertilizer dose (N:P:K) for pulse crops are
Last Answer : Ans.1:2:1 or 1:2:2
Description : The recommended fertilizer dose (N:P:K) for cereal crops are
Last Answer : Ans.4:2:1
Description : Optimum depth of sowing for most of field crops
Last Answer : Ans.3-5 cm
Description : Rabi crops are generally denoted as
Last Answer : Ans.Long day plants
Description : Kharif crops are generally denoted as
Last Answer : Ans.Short day plants