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  • Give one word for the following (a) Farming without the use of chemicals as fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides is known as ———. (b) Growing of wheat and groundnut on the same field is called as ———.

Give one word for the following

(a) Farming without the use of chemicals as fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides is known as ———.

(b) Growing of wheat and groundnut on the same field is called as ———.

(c) Planting soyabean and maize in alternate rows in the same field is called as ———.

(d) Growing different crops on a piece of land in pre-planned succession is known as———.

(e) Xanthium and Parthenium are commonly known as———.

(f) Causal organism of any disease is called as ———.

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(a) Farming without the use of chemicals as fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides is known as organic farming.

Organic farming is a type of farming in which the use of chemicals is minimum to nil. The majority of nutrients to the crop and soil are provided by manure and farm wastes.

(b) Growing of wheat and groundnut on the same field is called as mixed cropping.

Mixed cropping is defined as cultivating two or more crops simultaneously on same land.

Examples for such cropping are wheat and gram, wheat and groundnut.

(c) Planting soyabean and maize in alternate rows in the same field is called as intercropping.

Intercropping is a type of cropping in which two or more crops are grown simultaneously on same land but in a definite pattern. Examples for such cropping are soybean and maize, bajra and lobia.

(d) Growing different crops on a piece of land in pre-planned succession is known as crop rotation.

Crop rotation is the process in which different crops are grown on a land based on a specific sequence.

(e) Xanthium and Parthenium are commonly known as weeds.

In the cultivated field of farms some undesired plants species grow along with desired crops. These, undesired plants are called weeds

(f) Causal organism of any disease is called as pathogen.

Pathogens are also known as infectious agents which causes diseases. The prominent types are virus, bacteria, fungi, single celled and multi-celled organisms.

 

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