Crop Rotation


 
 
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Crop Rotation

Crop rotation: The practice of growing two or more dissimilar crops in the same field, one after the other is called crop rotation. This is done keeping in mind the nutrient requirements of a particular crop. For example, crops like wheat and paddy use up a lot of nitrogen from the soil. This lost nitrogen can be replaced naturally if leguminous plants like pea, Soya bean or green beans are sown after wheat or paddy. Crop rotation may be following three types:

Type of crop rotation :

  • One year rotation: Rice - Wheat
  • Two years rotation:Maize - Potato - Sugarcane - Peas
  • Three years rotation: Rice - Whaet - Mung - Mustard
  • Components crops involved in rotation:

  • Maize - mustard sugarcane
  • Rice wheat
  • Rice-wheat mung mustard
  • Maize - potato, suagarcane
  • Maize- mustard
  • Cotton oat sugarcane pea maize wheat
  • Advantages of Crop Rotation

  • Increases soil fertility.
  • Increases crop yield.
  • Increase in soil nutrients.
  • Reduces soil erosion.
  • Limits concentration of pests and diseases.
  • Reduces the stress of weeds.
  • Field fallow: In this method land is left free for one or seasons. The dead bodies of animals and plants are decomposed by microbes and nutrients are returned to the soil. Farmers have to add manures and fertilizers from time to time.

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    Question : 1

    The crop which requires one year rotation is _________________________ .

    Right Option : A
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    Question : 2

    Which of the following are correct :

    (a) Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops in succession in the same field or soil.

    (b) The basic aim is to increase productivity, but it also helps to maintain the fertility and moisture content of the soil.

    (c) The practice of growing two or more dissimilar crops in the same field, one after the other is called crop rotation.

    Right Option : D
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    Question : 3

    Keeping land uncultivated for some time so as to replenish the lost nutrients is called_______

    Right Option : C
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