which are the three major cropping season in India with reference to major crops grown in each season
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India has three cropping seasons:- (1) Rabi (2) Kharif and (3) Zaid (1) Rabi crops: - Shown in winter from October to December. - Harvest in summer from April to June. - Main crop-wheat, barley, peas, gram, mustard (2) Kharif crop: - Grown Kharif crops, monsooncrops 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.eg:- cotton ,pulses ( 3) zaid Zaid crops are summer seasoncrops grown on the sub-continent on irrigated lands which do not have to wait for monsoons. Theygrow in the short duration between Rabi and Kharif crop season, mainly from March to June. Thesecrops are mainly grown in the summer season during a period called the "Zaid crop season. eg :- watermelons ,cucumber