Crop Production and Management Test - 2

Red Sindhi is an indigenous breed of cattle.

Frieswal Cow is a very high milk yielding crossbred variety of cattle. It is produced by crossing Friesian and Sahiwal.

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.

Mixed cropping is a type of agriculture that involves planting two or more plants simultaneously in the same field, interdigitating the crops so that they grow together. Growing wheat and gram simultaneously on the same piece of land in no fixed pattern is an example of mixed cropping.

Horticulture is the cultivation, processing, and sale of fruits, nuts, vegetables, ornamental plants, and flowers as well as many additional services.

Inbreeding, hybridisation and mutation are used for crop improvement. Introduction is not a part of improvement process, but introducing a new variety.

Among the options given, only sulphur is a macronutrient. Rest of them are micronutrients.

The Rabi season starts with the onset of Northeast Monsoon in October. Among the given options, only wheat is a Rabi crop.

Citrus canker is a disease affecting citrus species, caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas.

Canker is not a disease of tobacco plant. It usually occurs in citrus plants.