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Grade 12th pass9 grade science

What is mixed cropping? What are the criteria for selecting crops for mixed farming ?

Profile image of Harshit Singh
4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Jayesh Vashishtha
4 Years ago
Dear student,
 
Mixed cropping is the practice of cultivating more than one crop, that is growing of two or more crops simultaneously in the same field. For example, wheat + gram, wheat + mustard etc. crops are selected such that their nutrient requirements are different. 
 
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