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 : 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 : The process of determining when to irrigate and how much water to apply is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Irrigation scheduling
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Such crops are grown to conserve the soil moisture through their ground covering foliage?
Last Answer : Ans.Mulch Crops
Description : The concentration of the essential element below which plant growth is retarded is termed as
Last Answer : The concentration of the essential element below which plant growth is retarded is termed as
Description : Change in normal crop planning to meet weather abnormalities is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Contingent planning
Description : “Relative land area under sole crop required to produce the same yield as obtained under a mixed or intercropping system at the same level of management is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Land equivalent ratio (LER)
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 : 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 : Varieties of sugarcane termed as “Wonder cane”
Last Answer : Ans.COC-671 and CO-419
Description : Saccharum barberi and Saccharum sinensis are termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Indian cane
Description : Less number of knots in cotton is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Superior quality cotton
Description : A process of treatment of stalks for final fibre extraction is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Retting 18. Cotton
Description : A process of removal/tipping of apical buds of Chickpea is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Nipping
Description : The word ‘Zero tillage’ was termed by
Last Answer : Ans.Jethro Tull
Description : Artificial supply of water to the crops is termed as A. Water supply. B. Irrigation. C. Cultivation. D. Crop production.
Last Answer : B. Irrigation
Description : Weed that depends for its growth on its host plant?
Last Answer : Ans.Parasitic weed
Description : The inherent capacity of soil to provide essential chemical elements for the growth of plants is termed as – a. Soil Productivity b. Soil Fertility c. Soil capacity d. Soil flexibility e. Soil Utility
Last Answer : b. Soil Fertility
Description : (2) Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Sodium Explanation: Fertilizer (or fertiliser) is any organic or inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) that is added to a ... essential to the growth of plants. The three elements most needed in common fertilisers are Nitrogen.
Last Answer : Metal are good conductors, because – (1) they contain free electrons (2) the molecules in them are very close to each other (3) the molecules in them collide very freely (4) they contain reflecting surface
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 : Growth retardant type antitranspirents is
Last Answer : Ans.Cycocel (CCC) (VIII) Weed Management
Description : Such crops have different growth habits and zero competition to each other.
Last Answer : Ans.Parallel cropping
Description : Potato crop favours the soil for best growth
Last Answer : Ans.Sandy loam soil
Description : Optimum temperature for sugarcane growth
Last Answer : Ans.21-27°C
Description : Optimum temperature for good rice crop growth is
Last Answer : Ans.30-320C
Description : An ideal condition of soil for crop growth?
Last Answer : Ans.Seed-bed
Description : Organic farming excludes the application of
Last Answer : Ans.Fertilizers (V) Irrigation Water Management
Description : The soil pH level primarily controls: a. Soil temperature b. Activity of soil-borne diseases c. Moisture absorption by roots d. Availability of essential plant nutrients
Last Answer : Availability of essential plant nutrients
Description : The quantity of water (gm) necessary for a plant to produce 1 kg of dry matter is known as
Last Answer : Ans.Transpiration coefficient
Description : Which of the following is a indicator plant for the bioassay of Atrazine?
Last Answer : Ans.Soybean
Description : An unwanted plant, growing where it is not desired?
Last Answer : Ans.Weed
Description : The simplest way of adaptation of plant to drought is
Last Answer : Ans.Evasion
Description : A method of plant analysis for assessing nutrient requirement in sugarcane is
Last Answer : Ans.Crop Logging
Description : Which part of the cotton plant contains lint and fuzz?
Last Answer : Ans.Hemp
Description : The recommended spacing between row to row and plant to plant of sunflower?
Last Answer : Ans.50 cm x 20 cm
Description : Under SRI method, rice plant is transplanted at
Last Answer : Ans.10-12 DAS (Days After Sowing)
Description : Normally rice plant is transplanted at
Last Answer : Ans.21-25 days after sowing (3-4 leaf stage)
Description : The development stage of a plant after which no further increase in dry matter occurs in the economic part is known as
Last Answer : Ans.Physiological maturity (II) Modern Concepts of Tillage
Description : Very often, the farmers add lime to the soil before ploughing because (a) high concentration of lime aids the plant growth (b) lime takes up the extra moisture of the soil (c) the soil becomes soft and it becomes easy to plough (d) lime decreases the acidity of the soil
Last Answer : Ans:(d)
Description : The most determinant factor of soil which affects the plant growth is a. pH b. Soil composition c. Soil Texture d. Soil moisture
Last Answer : a. pH