NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE

IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD PRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Growing different crops sequentially on the same plot of land to improve soil health, optimize nutrients in the soil, and combat pest and weed pressure is known as
A
Mixed cropping
B
Crop rotation
C
Intercropping
D
All of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Crop rotation is the practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot of land to improve soil health, optimize nutrients in the soil, and combat pest and weed pressure.

Detailed explanation-2: -Crop rotation is the successive cultivation of different crops in a specified order on the same field to retain or enhance soil fertility.

Detailed explanation-3: -Growing different crops in the same field in a pre-planned succession is crop rotation. For example, after having two seasons of paddy, one season of leguminous plants are grown in the same field. This is crop rotation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons. It is done so that the soil of farms is not used for only one set of nutrients. It helps in reducing soil erosion and increases soil fertility and crop yield.

Detailed explanation-5: -In agriculture, multiple cropping or multicropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same piece of land during one year, instead of just one crop. When multiple crops are grown simultaneously, this is also known as intercropping.

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