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Agriculture · Q310

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 310

Q310

Growing of coconut, black pepper and ginger simultaneously in the same field is called

A.
Relay cropping
B.
Multiple cropping
C.
Mixed cropping
D.
Multistoried cropping
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Growing coconut, black pepper, and ginger simultaneously in the same field are called Multistoried Cropping means growing plants of different heights in the same field at the same time.
Coconut is the tall heighted tree, while black pepper is a normal height plant and ginger is the herbaceous plant grown underground.
This practice is mostly used in Orchards and plantation crops for maximum use of solar energy even under high planting density.