Agricultural Geography Quiz

In frost covered plants, ice crystals form inside plant cells. These crystals cause expansion of cells. Cells can expand up to a certain limit, after which they got ruptured and plants ultimately are killed due to mechanical damage.

The Kharif crops are usually sown at the beginning of the monsoon season around June and harvested by September or October. Rice, maize, bajra, ragi, soybean, groundnut, cotton are all types of Kharif crops. The crops that are sown in the winter season (November to April) are called Rabi crops. Some of the important rabi crops are wheat, barley, peas, gram and mustard.

Rubber can grow anywhere in Malaysia, because of the suitability of climate and soil; but most of the rubber estates are concentrated in the western coastal plains of Malaysia. Malaysia is one of the world's leading producers of rubber and rubber products.

HYV full form is High Yielding Variety. HYV seeds are resistant and have a high yielding potential against insects and diseases.

Sandy loam rich in organic matter with good drainage is ideal for cultivation of watermelon. This crop requires a moderate warm temperature.

Cod, (genus Gadus), large and economically important marine fish of the family Gadidae. The species Gadus morhua is found on both sides of the North Atlantic.

Traditionally, newsprint was made from fibres extracted from various softwood species of trees (most commonly, spruce, fir, balsam fir or pine). However, an increasing percentage of the world's newsprint is made with recycled fibres. Temperate deciduous or temperate broad-leaf forests are a variety of temperate forest 'dominated' by trees that lose their leaves each year.

About 80 percent of the current water use is drawn by agriculture. Irrigated area accounts for nearly 49 percent of agricultural land in India. India's irrigation is mostly groundwater well based. At 39 million hectares (67% of its total irrigation), India has the world's largest groundwater well-equipped irrigation system.

Contour ploughing is the farming practice of plowing and/or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines.

Long- and extra-long staple cottons include pima cotton and Egyptian cotton. These cottons are renowned for their superior quality.