What are kharif crops?
What are zaid crops?
Which things are made of jute?
What are cereal crops?
Which two states are the major coffee producers?
Which two cereals are grown each in zaid and the rabi seasons?
What are fibre and non-food crops?
What is Genetic Engineering?
What is Horticulture?
Which are the major maize growing states in India?
Which are the major millets growing states in India?
Which states in India have been recorded as major cotton growing states?
Answers
1.Kharif crops, monsoon crops or autumn crops are domesticated plants like rice that are cultivated and harvested in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh during the Indian subcontinent's monsoon season, which lasts from June to November depending on the area. ... Rice, maize and cotton are some of the major kharif crops in India.
2.Zaid crops are summer season crops. They grow in long time period mainly from March to June. These crops are mainly grown in the summer season during a period called the "Zaid crop season." They require warm dry weather as major growth period and longer day length for flowering.
3.Jute is used in the manufacture of a number of fabrics, such as Hessian cloth, sacking, scrim, carpet backing cloth (CBC), and canvas. Hessian, lighter than sacking, is used for bags, wrappers, wall-coverings, upholstery, and home furnishings. Sacking, a fabric made of heavy jute fibers, has its use in the name.
4.A cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. The term may also refer to the resulting grain itself.
5.Two Indian states leading in the production of coffee are Karnataka and Kerala. Explanation: Karnataka accounts for almost 71 percent of the total coffee production over the entire sub continent.
6.The rabi season begins in autumn. Important crops grown in this season are wheat, barley, jowar, gram, mustard and linseed. The zaid is the summer crop season. Rice, maize, vegetables, sunflower and groundnut are grown during this season.
7.Fiber crops are plants that are deliberately grown for the production of fiber for textile (clothes), cordage (e.g., ropes), and filling (e.g., stuffing upholstery and mattresses). Cotton, jute, kenaf, industrial hemp, sun hemp, and flax are among the well-known fiber crops.
An industrial crop, also called a non-food crop, is a crop grown to produce goods for manufacturing, for example fibre for clothing, rather than food for consumption.
8.Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the direct manipulation of an organism's genes using biotechnology
9.the art or practice of garden cultivation and management.
10.Ten states in India represent around 80% of the total area of maize grown. Karnataka (15%) is the largest state for maize cultivation followed by Rajasthan (13%) and Madhya Pradesh (10%). After rice and wheat, maize is the third most important field crop in India.
11.Millets are grown in about 21 States. There is a major impetus in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana.
12.In India, cotton is grown in 9 major cotton growing States viz. Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan in Northern zone, Gujarat, Maharashtra and MP in Central zone and Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in Southern zone. Besides, cotton is also grown in Orissa.
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