DENDROLOGY

FOREST ECOLOGY

FOREST MANAGEMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Large scale planting of a single crop is called
A
polycuture
B
biculture
C
monoculture
D
even aged culture
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Monoculture farming is a form of agriculture that is based on growing only one type of a crop at one time on a specific field. In contrast, a polyculture system assumes that a field is sown with two or more crops at a time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Monoculture plantations cover large areas of agricultural land with a single crop. Typically, the plantations contain just one variety of said crop, with almost no variation.

Detailed explanation-3: -A type of commercial farming in which a single crop is grown on a large area is called plantation farming.

Detailed explanation-4: -In agriculture, monoculture is the practice of growing one crop species in a field at a time. Monoculture is widely used in intensive farming and in organic farming: both a 1, 000-hectare cornfield and a 10-ha field of organic kale are monocultures.

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