HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Question
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Wheat
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Rice
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Sugarcane
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Cotton
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rice requires more water than any other crop. As a result, paddy cultivation is done only in those areas where minimum rainfall is 115 cm. Although the regions are having average annual rainfall between 175-300 cm are the most suitable.
Detailed explanation-2: -Crops like millets and rice are cultivated and harvested during the rainy (monsoon) season in the South Asia, which lasts between April and October depending on the area. These crops need submerged water for proper growth and hence are cultivated during rainy seasons. These crops are called Kharif crops.
Detailed explanation-3: -As a result of the number of irrigation used and application of each turn of irrigation, total hours of water used for per acre was much higher for curry banana cultivation, requiring 2300 HP hours of water as compared to sugarcane which was 1761 HP and 475 HP for paddy.