Crop yield improvement - class-VIII
Description: crop yield improvement | |
Number of Questions: 37 | |
Created by: Sanjiv Memon | |
Tags: natural resources and agriculture evs human influences on ecosystems fertility of the soil food production: soil and water management food production biology improvement in food resources reaping gold from soil challenges in improving agricultural production agriculture- crops |
A nitrogen fixing microbe associated with the fern Azolla in rice fields is:
Which of the following is formed as a result of the use of quality breeds?
In India, the state famous for peanut cultivation is
A system of rotating crops with legume or grass pasture to improve soil structure and fertility is called
Which of the following methods of cultivation makes soil fertile?
Monoculture is
Rotation of crops is carried out to
What are the adverse effects of using high yielding varieties of seeds?
All trees of a particular species were cut in a forest for making furniture. Which of the following acts wu be in favour of re-establishment of that forest?
Which of the following conditions are developed due to monoculture?
After red gram, maize and corn are cultivated because _________________.
A farmer sows peas in his field after harvesting a crop of rice. Which agricultural practice is he following ?
A farmer desiring to get maximum sugar content in his sugar-cane crop will be well advised
Rotation of crops helps in
The growing of ____ crops on a piece of land in a pre-planned succession is known as crop rotation
Which of the following can be an advantage of crop rotation?
What benefits are obtained due to crop rotation?
__________ is the method of growing two or more crops simultaneously on same piece of land.
What lead to the increasing yield of production?
Alley cropping' means _____________________.
Which of the following methods of cultivation will result in the loss of soil fertility?
I.Crop rotation
II. Shifting cultivation
III. Excessive use of chemical fertilizers
Which of the following statements is not true?
Rotation of crops is essential for
Crop rotation is used by farmers to increase
Genetically improved crop varieties can be developed by
Sonalika and Kalyan Sona are high yielding varieties of
Crop rotation helps in
Crop rotation is employed for
Which one of the following is an important sugar yielding crop that can be profitable cultivated in soils having a high amount of sodium?
Wheat crop field infected with hill burnt often stinks. The foul odour is due to the presence of _______________.
Growing different crops in different seasons in the same field will deplete the soil of nutrients.
"Monoculture of commercially viable trees is destroying the unique natural profile of ___________ Thoughtless exploitation of timber, deforesting vast tracts for palm cultivation, destruction of mangroves, illegal logging by tribals and poaching only compound the problem. Fresh water packets are fast drying up due to deforestation and destruction of mangroves." The place referred to in this quotation is
Cereals and legumes are cultivated alternatively in crop rotation process by a farmer. Which of the following are advantages of cultivating cereals and legumes alternatively?
Which of the following is not a characteristic of mixed cropping?
Gundhi bug is a pest of
The method of growing different crops alternatively on same piece of land is called _______________.
Improper use of land converts fertile land into unusable land.