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Agriculture · Q1007

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 1007

Q1007

In Rice-Wheat Cropping system, K should be applied in

A.
Rice only
Answer
B.
Wheat only
C.
Both A and B
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The rice-wheat cropping system is India’s most widely adopted cropping system practiced on an estimated area of around 26 million hectares predominantly in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, West Bengal, etc.
In the rice-wheat cropping system, potassium should be applied to Rice only, as a lack of balanced availability of nutrients is there in submerged rice cultivation.