soil improvement crop
1Crop rotation — Fallow redirects here. For other uses, see Fallow (disambiguation). Satellite image of circular crop fields in late June 2001. Healthy, growing crops are green. Corn would be growing into leafy stalks by then. Sorghum, which resembles corn, grows …
2Crop diversity — is the variance in genetic and phenotypic characteristics of plants used in agriculture. Crops may vary in seed size, branching pattern, in height, flower color, fruiting time, or flavor. They may also vary in less obvious characteristics such as …
3Soil solarization — is an environmentally friendly method of using solar power for controlling disease agents in the soil by mulching the soil, usually with a transparent polyethylene cover.It may also describe methods of decontaminating soil using sunlight or solar …
4Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock …
5International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center — Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, CIMMYT Front gates of CIMMYT in El Batán. Maize test fields seen far center. Formation 1943 [1 …
6Acid sulfate soil — Acid sulfate soils are naturally occurring soils, sediments or organic substrates (e.g. peat) that are formed under waterlogged conditions. These soils contain iron sulfide minerals (predominantly as the mineral pyrite) or their oxidation… …
7hairy indigo — noun : a shrubby perennial (Indigofera hirsuta) with hirsute stems and foliage, flowers in dense clusters, and the calyx lobes often nearly as long as the petal that is native to Asia, Africa, and Australia and has been introduced into the… …
8agricultural technology — Introduction application of techniques to control the growth and harvesting of animal and vegetable products. Soil preparation Mechanical processing of soil so that it is in the proper physical condition for planting is usually… …
9Tropical agriculture — Worldwide more human beings gain their livelihood from agriculture than any other endeavor; the majority are self employed subsistence farmers living in the tropics. While growing food for local consumption is the core of tropical agriculture,… …
10Fabales — ▪ plant order Introduction order of dicotyledonous flowering plants in the Rosid I group among the core eudicots. The order comprises 4 families ( Fabaceae, Polygalaceae, Quillajaceae, and Surianaceae), 754 genera, and more than 20,000 species.… …
