Question

Match the preferred cropping patterns used to grow the following crops.

• A. Wheat + Gram
• B. Soybean + Maize
• C. Cabbage + Peas

Answer 1

$\bullet$ Cropping patterns play a very important role in order to manage the crop production.
$\bullet$ Mixed cropping is a method of growing two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land. Wheat and gram can be cultivated using this method.
$\bullet$ Soybean and maize can be grown together using intercropping pattern as the nutrients required are different. It is a method of growing two or more crops simultaneously on the same field in a definite pattern.
$\bullet$ Cabbage and peas can be grown using crop rotation. It is a method of growing different crops on a piece of land in a pre-planned succession.