Agricultural Practices in India

Hand picking refers to the removal of stones by hands. As it involves manual processing, it is quite a tedious and slow process and can not be used at large scale in godowns. 

Triticale is a manmade cereal not found in nature.Triticale is a hybrid of wheat (Triticum) and rye (Secale).

 Horticulture is the cultivation of fruits and vegetables.

The rabi season starts with the onset of north-east monsoon in October. Among the given options, only wheat is a rabi crop.

Growing wheat and gram simultaneously on the same piece of land in no fixed pattern is called mixed cropping. 

These are the two crops grown in the field during the mixed cropping. The crops are chosen in such a way that the nutrient needs of one crop is fulfilled by the other.

Maize, wheat and rice are the crops which are used as raw materials for the preparation of food. Chapatti is cooked food prepared from flour and water. 

As the stem of the jute plant needs to be immersed in water, so the best season for the cultivation of jute is rainy season. 

Rice is the edible starchy cereal grain and the plant by which it is produced. Roughly one-half of the world population, including virtually all of East and Southeast Asia, is wholly dependent upon rice as a staple food; 95 percent of the world's rice crop is eaten by humans.

The European Union has approved the cultivation of GM potato - the first genetically modified food crop to get an approval there. The announcement was made by the European Commission on March 2, 2010. The potato approved by the EU has been genetically modified to produce starch composed almost exclusively of amylopectin. It will have starch content of 98 per cent, which is around 20 per cent higher than what potatoes normally have. This has industrial usage, like in paper, textile and adhesives units. The approval for cultivation of Amflora potato, which is developed by private German company BASF, has been given for industrial use and its by products for feed purposes.

Sowing should be done after the loosening and turning of soil. This process is known as preparation of soil. Harvesting refers to the cutting of mature crops. Threshing and winnowing are the post-harvesting processes.

Rabi crops are the crops which are grown in the winter months as these require low temperature. If grown in winter season, maize cannot grow well and give good yield. Thus, it is not a Rabi crop.

 Rabi crops are the crops which are grown in the winter months as these require low temperatures. So, the appropriate months for the same are October to March. 

Paddy, Maize etc. need large quantities of water for their proper growth and thus, are grown in rainy season. The crops grown in rainy season are called kharif crops, whereas Rabi crops are grown in winter season. Cash crops are the crops grown for extra profit whereas zaid crops include some vegetables and low grade cereals as extra harvest. 

Kharif crops are the crops, which are grown in rainy season, generally during June - September.