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relay cropping [1 record]

Record 1 2022-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cropping Systems
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

The interplanting of a maturing annual crop with seedlings or seeds of the following crop.

CONT

Relay cropping is a method of multiple cropping where [a second] crop is seeded into [a] standing crop well before harvesting of [the standing] crop. Relay cropping may solve a number of conflicts such as inefficient use of available resources, controversies in sowing time, fertilizer application, and soil degradation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de culture
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

La culture en relais [...] du soya dans le blé d'automne consiste à semer le soya au printemps dans des bandes laissées vides lors du semis du blé d'automne avant que celui-ci ne soit récolté, ce qui permet de récolter deux cultures commerciales en un an.

Spanish

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