Intercropping


 
 
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Intercropping

Intercropping: Intercropping is just a modification of mixed cropping. In mixed cropping, different types of crops are not planted in any definite pattern. In intercropping one row of a cereal crop may be followed by one or two rows of a leguminous crop, and so on. As intercropping is more systematic, it makes better use of land than mixed cropping. It aims to increase productivity. Advantages are:1.    Since the seeds of the two crops are planted in definite rows (in mixed cropping they are mixed together), it is easier to use fertilizers and pesticides required by each crop.2.    Intercropping also makes it possible to harvest and thresh the two crops separately. In mixed cropping the yield is a mixture of the two crops which cannot be separated.

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Question : 1

In _________________ one row of a cereal crop may be followed by one or two rows of a leguminous crop, and so on.

Right Option : B
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Question : 2

Which of the following cropping patterns prevents spreading of diseases and pests to all plants beloging to one crop in a field ?

Right Option : D
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Question : 3

Growing two or more crops in the field in definite row pattern is called ___________________

Right Option : C
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