What are the Types of Crop Rotation

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What are the Types of Crop Rotation

The growing of different crops on a piece of land in a pre-planned succession is called crop rotation.
Depending upon the duration, crop rotation may be of following three types :
1. One year rotation  

  1. Maize – Mustard
  2. Rice – Wheat

2. Two years rotation 

  1. Maize – Mustard-Sugarcane – Fenugreek
  2. Maize – Potato- Sugarcane – Peas

3. Three years rotation

  1. Rice – Wheat – Mung – Mustard
  2. Sugarcane – Berseem
  3. Cotton – Oat – Sugarcane – Peas – Maize – Wheat

Selection of Crops of Rotation :

  1. Source of moisture (through rain or irrigation).
  2. Status of nutrients in the soil.
  3. Availability of inputs (such as fertilizers, pesticides, man power and machine power).
  4. Duration of crop short or long
  5. Marketing and processing facilities.

Advantages of Crops Rotation :

  1. Crop rotation helps in replenishment of soil fertility.
  2. It prevents depletion of selective nutrients.
  3. It prevents building up of diseases and pests of particular crop.
  4. It enhances the production by increasing  the soil fertility.

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