Crop production Management

Question 1

Factors

Answer 1

Nutrients, Fertilisers, Irrigation, Cropping patterns

Question 2

Where do plants obtain their nutrients from?

Answer 2

Air, Water, Soil

Question 3

Air

Answer 3

Carbon and Oxygen

Question 4

Water

Answer 4

Hydrogen and Oxygen

Question 5

Soil

Answer 5

13 nutrients

Question 6

Classification of soil nutrients

Answer 6

Macronutrients and Micronutrients

Question 7

Macronutrients

Answer 7

Nutrients required in large quantities

Question 8

Micronutrients

Answer 8

Nutrients required in lesser quantities

Question 9

Macro - examples

Answer 9

nitrogen, calcium, sulphur, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium

Question 10

Micro - examples

Answer 10

copper, molybdenum, zinc, chlorine, manganese, boron

Question 11

Green manure

Answer 11

Prior to sowing of seeds, plants like sun hemp and guar are grown and then mulched into the soil by ploughing. Provide nitrogen and phosphorus to the soil.

Question 12

Compost

Answer 12

Process by which farm waste material such as animal excreta, straw, sewage waste, domestic waste etc, are decomposed in the soil in pits.

Question 13

Vermi - Compost

Answer 13

Usage of earthworms to loosen the soil to hasten the decomposition.