science of crop production

Crop Production - For successful crop production a thorough understanding is essential: of how crops develop and grow of the various factors that affect crop growth and development of how each factor can be modified or managed Plant respon..

Plant responses to soil conditions and atmospheric environment must be exploited to the maximum to produce a high yield per unit area of lan..

Mixed cropping is growing of two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land. It is also known as multiple cropping. This type of cropping leads to an improvement in the fertility of the soil and hence, increase in crop yield because when..

Crop Rotation - The growing of different kinds of crops on a piece of land in a preplanned succession is known as crop rotation. In the rotation of crops, leguminous crops like pulses, beans, peas, groundnut and Bengal gram are sown in-between the s..

Ideally, the evaluation of a crop is done on the basis of total production and the amount of input used, but when different crops are grown in the same field the assessment becomes difficult. Different methods of crop assessment are adopted. Croppingh..

Milk is obtained from milk producing (milch) animals like cows, buffaloes and goats. Eggs are obtained from egg-laying birds like fowl and duck. Meat is obtained from fowl, cow, sheep, goat and pig. Fish are either fresh water or marine and include crabs, shrimps and prawns. To meet the ever-i..

Plant Breeding - Crop production can be improved by breeding new varieties of crops having higher yield. The main aim of plant breeding is to produce new crops superior to the existing ones. By this method new varieties of crops, having higher yield..

In certain long duration crops, early maturity can make the crop double or triple cropping system. This will reduce the cost of crop production. Along with early maturity if the crop also has the quality of uniform maturity it will make t..

Besides crop production, good crop management involves storage of grains before distribution. During storage, grains and seeds are subjected to spoilage by various agencie..

Good height, high tillering and profuse branching are traits, desirable for fodder crops. Cereal crops should be short, for better productivity. Developing varieties with agronomic traits that are tailor-made will ensure higher yiel..