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Definition of intercrop in English: intercropverbintercropped, intercrops, intercropping ɪntəˈkrɒpˌin(t)ərˈkräp [with object]often as noun intercroppingGrow (a crop) among plants of a different kind. lettuce is particularly good for intercropping among Brussels sprouts Example sentencesExamples - He controls diseases and pests by intercropping the aloe vera with plants such as dates, amla, melons, millet, castor, mungbean, pigeon pea, vegetables and selected medicinal plants.
- One of the vineyards has annual vegetables intercropped with grapevines.
- Organic farmers use practices such as crop rotations, intercropping, strip cropping, establishing wildlife cover and providing habitat for beneficial organisms such as predatory insects, pollinators, birds, and bats.
- Small bushy legumes were intercropped between the mango trees and cashews to fix nitrogen levels, add biomass and help keep the soil temperature down.
- Rich soils require little or no fertilizer; natural predators and intercropping eliminate the need for pesticides.
nounPlural intercropsɪntəˈkrɒpˈin(t)ərˌkräp A crop grown among plants of a different kind. pineapple can be grown as an intercrop Example sentencesExamples - Agronomic studies aimed at quantifying competition between two species most commonly consider a weed and crop species and, to a considerably lesser extent, two crops grown in an intercrop.
- Sorghum and pigeon pea, for example, are grown as intercrops in drier parts of India.
- Vertical polythene soil barriers have been similarly used for pearl millet and groundnut intercrops.
- Legume intercrops generally grow for some time past the corn harvest, and can take land away from the tightly scheduled sequential cropping typical of Asian agriculture.
- The yield from the six-year-old garden was not much and the intercrops were the sole source of income for his family.
Rhymes atop, bop, chop, clop, cop, crop, dop, drop, Dunlop, estop, flop, fop, glop, hop, knop, kop, lop, mop, op, plop, pop, prop, screw-top, shop, slop, sop, stop, strop, swap, tiptop, top, underprop, whop Definition of intercrop in US English: intercropverbˌin(t)ərˈkräp [with object]often as noun intercroppingGrow (a crop) among plants of a different kind, usually in the space between rows. lettuce is particularly good for intercropping among young Brussels sprouts Example sentencesExamples - One of the vineyards has annual vegetables intercropped with grapevines.
- Small bushy legumes were intercropped between the mango trees and cashews to fix nitrogen levels, add biomass and help keep the soil temperature down.
- Rich soils require little or no fertilizer; natural predators and intercropping eliminate the need for pesticides.
- Organic farmers use practices such as crop rotations, intercropping, strip cropping, establishing wildlife cover and providing habitat for beneficial organisms such as predatory insects, pollinators, birds, and bats.
- He controls diseases and pests by intercropping the aloe vera with plants such as dates, amla, melons, millet, castor, mungbean, pigeon pea, vegetables and selected medicinal plants.
nounˈin(t)ərˌkräp A crop grown among plants of a different kind. Example sentencesExamples - Legume intercrops generally grow for some time past the corn harvest, and can take land away from the tightly scheduled sequential cropping typical of Asian agriculture.
- Agronomic studies aimed at quantifying competition between two species most commonly consider a weed and crop species and, to a considerably lesser extent, two crops grown in an intercrop.
- Vertical polythene soil barriers have been similarly used for pearl millet and groundnut intercrops.
- Sorghum and pigeon pea, for example, are grown as intercrops in drier parts of India.
- The yield from the six-year-old garden was not much and the intercrops were the sole source of income for his family.
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