Agronomy Basic Terms 1. Agronomy-derived from Greek Word 'agros' meaning -field crops and 'nomos' meaning -Cultivation and its management. in shortcut Agronomy- Science of crop production and Soil Management. 2. Father of modern Agronomy -Olivier de Serres. 3. Tillage- Physical manipulation of Soil Is following Types. I.Primary Tillage ii. Secondary Tillage iii. Zero Tillage 4. Ratoon Cropping - Cultivation of crop regrowth after names.Eg.Sugarcane 5. Cropping Index - The number of Crops grown per year on a given area of land which is multiplied by 100 6.Cropping Intensity- ratio of Total cropped area to the net area available for cultivation in year. 7. Monoculture- The repetitive Cultivation or growing of the same sole crop on the same land irrespective of its intensity. 8. polyculture - Practice of growing various types of crops in sequence of rotation in any given area for a fixed period of time. like maize-Potato-Rice 9. Mono/Double crop
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