WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the changing of crops from year to year to let the nutrients in the soil replenish?
A
seed plowing
B
enclosures
C
seed drilling
D
crop rotations
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Crop rotation helps in restoring lots nutrients of the soil as first the crop plants use up all the nitrogen in the soil . to restore the nitrogen the farmers plant a leguminous plant which contains bacteria which changes the atmospheric nitrogen in usable nitrogen compounds than being used up by the crop plants.

Detailed explanation-3: -Crop rotation is defined as a “system of growing different kinds of crops in recurrent succession on the same land” (Martin et al., 1976). Rotating different crops year after year adds various economic and environmental benefits. In addition, crop rotation is helpful in long-term soil and farm management.

Detailed explanation-4: -Crop rotation is a method in which farmers cultivate different types of crops in a piece of land, season after season. This method helps in reducing soil erosion and increases soil fertility and crop yield.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer. Pulses are the most important rotation crop because they are leguminous plants with root-nodules, which can fix and utilize atmospheric nitrogen in the soil. It makes the soil rich in nitrogen and provides enough nitrogen to the next crop sown.

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