Question

examples of short term crops

Answer 1

Short-term crops are the crops that are grown and managed only for a short period of time. They are grown especially to maintain the water quality, soil fertility, soil erosion, suppression of weeds and pests.

 

Examples of short-term crops that are grown for 45 – 60 days are cowpea, buckwheat, oats, yellow mustard, oilseed radish, and sorghum.

Examples of short-term crops that are grown for 6 months include – baby corn, baby carrot, cotton, mango, okra, betel leaf, saffron, lemongrass, bitter gourd etc.

Answer 2

Short term crops are those which  grow quickly and are grown for rapid growing in order to get some economic benefit as well as to to maintain the soil fertility.

Most of the creals and leafy vegetables are the short term crops. Crop like cotton , carrot,  sorghum and wheat comes in this category also.
Actually the short term crops are those which have life time of less than a year in which they are fully grown.