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Agriculture · Q326

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 326

Q326

Crop rotation is defined as a

A.
System of growing different kinds of crops on the same land
B.
System of growing different crops in succession on the same land
Answer
C.
Method of growing different crops
D.
System of growing the same crop on different fields

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Crop rotation or intercropping is defined as a system of growing different crops in succession on the same land. It maintains the fertility of the soil with the rotation of absorption of a set of nutrients. It also reduces reliance on one set of nutrients, pest and weed pressure and the probability of developing resistant pests and weeds.