Cropping Systems

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Cropping Systems: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Measurement of Crop Growth, Hormones Involved in Crop Growth, Inter Cropping & Relay Cropping etc.

Important Questions on Cropping Systems

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Intercropping is a system of cropping to make the maximum use of:

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Monoculture is a typical characteristics of -

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Ratooning' is practised as a matter of routine in:

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Which of the following hormones controls organ size and stomatal closure of a plant?

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Which of the following is not an inhibitor used as plant growth retardant?

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Which of the following statements most accurately describes plant growth retardation?

A. It means the chemical slows cell division.

B. The cell elongation of shoot tissue and the physiological regulation of plant height have no formative impact. 

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Wheat, Barley are grown in winter season. These type of crops indicate which cropping season?

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Paddy, Maize are the example of which type of cropping season?

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In which month Zaid crops are harvested?

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Which crop is grown for oil and fibre?

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Rancidity in Sunflower oil is caused by?

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Which of the following correctly defines sequential cropping?

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Which type of soil is present in the Eastern Himalayan Region not yields higher productivity?

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Which of the following statement(s) given is/are example of sequential cropping?

A. Planting maize in the long rains, then beans during the short rains.

B. Planting sugarcanes in a long field.

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“Increase the efficiency with which precipitation is used and decrease possible insect concerns” is the advantage of which type of cropping?

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Farming two or more crops in succession on the same field in the same year is referred to as _____.

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Which of the following statements about sequential cropping is wrong?

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What do you mean by intercropping, exactly?