Importance of Mixed Cropping


 
 
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Importance of Mixed Cropping

Importance of mixed cropping:

1.  Growing crops with different requirements minimizes the risk of crop failure.

2.  Usually a cereal crop is grown with a leguminous crop like beans, peas and grams. The nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the roots of leguminous plants improve the fertility of the soil by converting atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogenous nutrients which benefit the crop plants. This increases the crop yield.

3.  Mixed cropping also discourages infestation by pests. This is because the presence of one crop discourages the growth of the pests of the other crop.

4.  Mixed cropping is economically beneficial too. The farmer produces more than one crop. It also helps him earn more.

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Question : 1

Usually a cereal crop is grown with a leguminous crop like _____________________.

Right Option : D
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Question : 2

Which of the following are correct :

(a) Growing crops with different requirements minimizes the risk of crop failure.

(b) Mixed cropping also discourages infestation by pests.

Right Option : C
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Question : 3

Which of the following are correct :

(a) Mixed cropping also discourages infestation by pests.

(b) Mixed cropping is economically beneficial too.

Right Option : C
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