Agriculture

  PARABOILING / CONVERTED RICE :  Process of partially boiling of rice in husk that includes 3 steps soaking, steaming & drying. This process conserve vitamin B12 in rice seen in Paddy BEUSHENING : Cross ploughing in young paddy field in between 4-6 weeks after sowing in standing water to controll weeds, optimize crop stand & to improve aeration seen in paddy ROPE PULLING / FLAG LEAF CLIPPING : Removal of youngest flag leaf of paddy seen in paddy NERICA : New Rice for Africa It is the cultivar group of interspecific rice developed by the africa rice center to improve the yield of african rice cultivars It is the cross between Oryza glaberimma x Oryza sativa STRASA :   S tress tolerant rice for africa and south asia SRI :  S ystem of rice intensification PUDDLING : Mechanical manipulation of saturated soils with standing water in the field optimum depth of ploughing for clay & clay loamy type soils is 10cm For other soils the depth ranges 5-10 cm seen in p...

  1. MAJOR CEREALS 2. MINOR CEREALS 3. MAJOR MILLETS                                              4. MINOR MILLETS 1. GRAMS 2. BEANS 3. PEAS 1. EDIBLE OIL SEED CROPS 2. NON-EDIBLE OIL SEED CROPS 1. FRUIT FIBRES 2. STEM / STALK / BAST FIBRES 3. LEAF / HARD FIBRES 1. GRASS FODDER CROPS 2. CEREAL FODDER CROPS 3. LEGUME FODDER CROPS 4. TREE LEAF FODDER  GREEN MANURE CROPS BIO-FUEL PLANTS NOTE :- some plants comes under several categories are mentioned below •       Crops also come under…… 1. OIL SEEDS :- Soy bean 2. FIBRE CROPS :- Cotton; Linseed 3. CEREAL FODDER CROPS :- Sorghum; Bajra; Maize; Barley; Oats; Mustard 4. LEGUME FODDER CROPS :_  Cowpea; Soy bean 5. GREEN MANURE CROPS :- Sithagathi  (sesbania sp.); Stylosanthes hamata; Hyacinth bean 6. BIO-FUEL PLANTS :- Sugarbeet Click here :-  PLANT PROTECTION