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Crops A crop is a plant or plant product harvested for human use. Crops are cultivated at scale to produce food, fiber, fuel, and other products. Crops...

Look up crop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A crop is a plant grown and harvested for agricultural use. Crop may also refer to: Crop (anatomy), a...

crop circle, crop formation, or corn circle is a pattern created by flattening a crop, usually a cereal. The term was coined in the early 1980s. Crop...

Crop milk is a secretion from the lining of the crop of parent birds in some species that is regurgitated to young birds. It is found among all pigeons...

cultivating the soil, planting, raising, and harvesting both food and non-food crops, as well as livestock production. Broader definitions also include forestry...

Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons. This practice reduces...

The crop (also the croup, the craw, the ingluvies, and the sublingual pouch) is a thin-walled, expanded portion of the alimentary tract, which is used...

Some of the fixed nitrogen becomes available to later crops, so legumes play a key role in crop rotation. The term pulse, as used by the United Nations'...

A cash crop, also called profit crop, is an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm...

A crop, sometimes called a riding crop or hunting crop, is a short type of whip without a lash, used in horse riding, part of the family of tools known...

A crop top (also half shirt, midriff top, belly shirt or cutoff shirt) is a top that reveals and exposes the waist, navel, or abdomen. The origins of the...

Fiber crops are field crops grown for their fibers, which are traditionally used to make paper, cloth, or rope. Fiber crops are characterized by having...

The All-Crop harvester or All-Crop combine was a tractor-drawn, PTO-driven (except the All-Crop 100 and the All-Crop SP100) combine harvesters made by...

Cropping is the removal of unwanted outer areas from a photographic or illustrated image. The process usually consists of the removal of some of the peripheral...

A trap crop is a plant that attracts agricultural pests, usually insects, away from nearby harvested crops. This form of companion planting can save a...

In agriculture, the yield is a measurement of the amount of a crop grown, or product such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land. The seed...

Rabi crops or the rabi harvest, also known as winter crops, are agricultural crops that are sown in winter and harvested in the spring in India, Pakistan...

slightly longer on the top, with very short bangs. It is a variant of a crop. The name is derived from the mythological pixie.[citation needed] The pixie...

The crop-lien system was a credit system that became widely used by cotton farmers in the United States in the South from the 1860s to the 1940s. In the...

general-purpose or row-crop tractor is tailored specifically to the growing of crops grown in rows, and most especially to cultivating these crops. These tractors...

Crop circles are patterns created by flattening a crop. Crop Circles may also refer to: Crop Circles (album), by Dean Brody, 2013 "Crop Circles", a 2019...

The Crop Trust, officially known as the Global Crop Diversity Trust, is an international nonprofit organization with a secretariat in Bonn, Germany. Its...

agriculture, cover crops are plants that are planted to cover the soil rather than for the purpose of being harvested. Cover crops manage soil erosion...

Crop Over is a traditional harvest festival which began in Barbados, having had its early beginnings on the sugar cane plantations during slavery. The...

Crop Circle 3 is the fifth studio album by British rapper Nines, released on 6 October 2023, through Nines' own independent record label, Zino Records...

The Eton crop is a type of very short, slicked-down crop hairstyle for women. The dancer Irene Castle, fashion designer Coco Chanel, and actress/singer...

Crop mark may refer to: Crop marks, marks placed at the corners of a printed page to indicate where the page is to be trimmed Cropmark, in archaeology...

Cropping may refer to: Cropping (punishment), the removal of a person's ears as a punishment Cropping (animal), cutting the ears of an animal shorter...

In digital photography, the crop factor, format factor, or focal length multiplier of an image sensor format is the ratio of the dimensions of a camera's...

Poaceae) cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat (UK: corn), rye...

Genetically modified crops (GM crops) are plants used in agriculture, the DNA of which has been modified using genetic engineering methods. Plant genomes...

Zaid crops are summer season crops. They grow for a short time period between Rabi and Kharif crops, mainly from March to June. These crops are mainly...

Crop coefficients are properties of plants used in predicting evapotranspiration (ET). The most basic crop coefficient, Kc, is simply the ratio of ET observed...

definition: Arable land is the land under temporary agricultural crops (multiple-cropped areas are counted only once), temporary meadows for mowing or pasture...

Crop residues are waste materials generated by agriculture. The two types are: Field residues are materials left in an agricultural field or orchard after...

Kharif crops, also known as monsoon crops or autumn crops, are domesticated plants that are cultivated and harvested in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh...

vegetables eaten by people, known colloquially in North America as cole crops and in the UK, Ireland and Australia as brassicas, are in a single species...

Pre-harvest crop desiccation is the application of an agent to a crop just before harvest to kill the leaves and/or plants so that the crop dries out from...

Look up bumper crop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In agriculture, a bumper crop is a crop that has yielded an unusually productive harvest. The word...

Tree crop refers to any crop produced by a tree including: Timber or lumber, wood processed into beams and planks Tree fruit, fruit borne on various flowering...

over 5,000 different varieties of potatoes. The potato remains an essential crop in Europe, especially Northern and Eastern Europe, where per capita production...

multiple cropping or multicropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same piece of land during one year, instead of just one crop. When...

can be achieved by monitoring the crop, only applying pesticides when necessary, and by growing varieties and crops which are resistant to pests. Where...

pollen. Like all crops, rice depends for its growth on both biotic and abiotic environmental factors. The principal biotic factors are crop variety, pests...

agriculture, a catch crop is a fast-growing crop that is grown between successive plantings of a main crop. It is a specific type of cover crop that is grown...

the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture...

Crop diversity or crop biodiversity is the variety and variability of crops, plants used in agriculture, including their genetic and phenotypic characteristics...

part of Sanofi) CropScience and fused it with its own agrochemicals division (Bayer Pflanzenschutz or "Crop Protection") to form Bayer CropScience; the Belgian...

Crop art is an environmental art practice using plants and seeds in the landscape to create statements, marks and/or images. Agnes Denes, Matthew Moore...

Root vegetables are underground plant parts eaten by humans and other animals as food. In agricultural and culinary terminology, the term applies to true...

Energy crops are low-cost and low-maintenance crops grown solely for renewable bioenergy production (not for food). The crops are processed into solid...

Crop Circle charted at number 5, and he topped the chart with his third album Crabs in a Bucket in 2020. In 2023 he released Crop Circle 2 and Crop Circle...

Crop Circle 2 is the fourth studio album by English rapper Nines, released on 28 April 2023 by Zino and Warner Records. It features guest appearances from...

shores of the Sea of Galilee. By around 9500 BC, the eight Neolithic founder crops – emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, hulled barley, peas, lentils, bitter vetch...

globally. Most pesticides are used as plant protection products (also known as crop protection products), which in general protect plants from weeds, fungi,...

and landscaped expressions of plant cultivation, in addition to various crops being grown in scientifically informed controlled environments such as greenhouse...

A nonfood crop, also known as industrial crop, is a crop grown to produce goods for manufacturing, for example fibre for clothing, rather than food for...

foods and other goods derived from genetically modified crops instead of conventional crops, and other uses of genetic engineering in food production...

Look up cream of the crop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cream of the crop may refer to: Cream of the Crop, the 1969 album recorded by Diana Ross...

Vintage Crop (1 March 1987 – 14 July 2014) was a British-bred Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse best known for becoming the first northern hemisphere...

Permanent crop means that the land continues to produce year after year, without the farmer needing to replant fields after each harvest. Traditionally...

A row crop is a crop that can be planted in rows wide enough to allow it to be tilled or otherwise cultivated by agricultural machinery, machinery tailored...

Vavilovian mimicry (also crop mimicry or weed mimicry) is a form of mimicry in plants where a weed evolves to share characteristics with a crop plant through generations...

especially the process of gathering mature crops, and "the harvest" also refers to the collected crops. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulses for...

The Crop is a 2004 Australian comedy film set during the 1980s. The Crop, is set in the early 1980s in Australia, and is about larrikin nightclub owner...

compared to 35 mm film format results in cropping of the image. This latter effect is known as field-of-view crop. The format size ratio (relative to the...

New World crops are those crops, food and otherwise, that are native to the New World (mostly the Americas) and were not found in the Old World before...

forestry. Cover crops are a type of nurse crop. In agriculture, a nurse crop is an annual crop used to assist in establishment of a perennial crop. The widest...

Crop destruction is the deliberate destruction of crops or agricultural products to render it useless for consumption or processing. It can be made by...

album serves as a follow-up to Nines' fifth, Crop Circle 3 (2023) and was released alongside the film Crop Circle Farm. On 13 September 2024, Nines released...

Protein crops are crops that provide substantial protein, a large class of naturally occurring complex combinations of amino acids. Such crops, including...

primarily focused on cash crops in high demand by farmers such as soybean, maize/corn, canola, and cotton. Genetically modified crops have been engineered...

Naturally perennial crops include many fruit and nut crops; some herbs and vegetables also qualify as perennial. Perennial crops have been cultivated...

Cropping is the removal of part or all of the external flaps of an animal's ear. The procedure sometimes involves bracing and taping the remainder of the...

A standing crop is the total biomass of the living organisms present in a given environment. This includes both natural ecosystems and agriculture. Net...

Crop Science is a continuously published peer-reviewed scientific journal covering agronomy. It was established in 1961 by founding editor-in-chief H.L...

The term cropping system refers to the crops, crop sequences and management techniques used on a particular agricultural field over a period of years...

Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops on smallholdings to meet the needs of themselves and their families. Subsistence agriculturalists...

A crop wild relative (CWR) is a wild plant closely related to a domesticated plant. It may be a wild ancestor of the domesticated (cultivated) plant or...

cannot, such as grassland grass, may be grown on land that can be used for crops consumed by humans. Alfalfa (lucerne) Barley Common duckweed Birdsfoot trefoil...

A Crop Mob is a group of volunteers who incidentally get together to carry out a set of agricultural tasks as requested by the owner or manager of the...

Crop Circle is the second studio album by English rapper Nines. It was released on 20 April 2018 by XL Recordings. It is the follow-up to Nines' debut...

Crop weeds are weeds that grow amongst crops. Despite the potential for some crop weeds to be used as a food source, many can also prove harmful to crops...

A smother crop is a thick, rapidly growing crop that is used to suppress or stop the growth of weeds which have better root systems that help them compete...

Dessert crops are defined as types of crops or plants that are not (or historically were not) used in everyday consumption. They are used for "dessert...

Neglected and underutilised crops are domesticated plant species used for food, medicine, trading, or cultural practices within local communities but...

Multi-peril crop insurance (MPCI) is the oldest and most common form of the federal crop insurance programme in the United States of America. MPCI protects...

Crop scouting is the process of precisely assessing pest pressure (typically insects) and crop performance to evaluate economic risk from pest infestations...

flightless birds indigenous to Australia, said to have been destroying crops in the Campion district within the Wheatbelt of Western Australia. The unsuccessful...

A Crop Simulation Model (CSM) is a simulation model that describes processes of crop growth and development as a function of weather conditions, soil conditions...

human concerns. The term is particularly used for creatures that damage crops, livestock, and forestry or cause a nuisance to people, especially in their...

as livestock fodder, perhaps since antiquity. It is an important forage crop in many countries around the world and is used for grazing, hay, and silage...

cabbages, mustard plants, or simply brassicas. Crops from this genus are sometimes called cole crops—derived from the Latin caulis, denoting the stem...

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is a wholly owned government corporation managed by the Risk Management Agency of the United States Department...

Crop insurance is insurance purchased by agricultural producers and subsidized by a country's government to protect against either the loss of their crops...

Crop tolerance to seawater is the ability of an agricultural crop to withstand the high salinity induced by irrigation with seawater, or a mixture of...

(Norwegian: Svalbard globale frøhvelv) is a secure backup facility for the Earth's crop diversity on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard...

Satellite crop monitoring is the technology which facilitates real-time crop vegetation index monitoring via spectral analysis of high resolution satellite...

Blazing the Crop is a DJ mix album, mixed by Rae & Christian. It was released by Mixmag Live in association with their publishing company DMC Publishing...

name: N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant. It is an organophosphorus compound, specifically a phosphonate...

Bangladesh between April and May 2026 due to extensive damage of boro rice crops. Caused by heavy pre-monsoon rainfall, flash floods, and upstream water...

extensively cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions as an annual crop for its edible starchy tuberous root. Cassava is predominantly consumed in...

Catastrophic crop insurance (CAT) is a component of the U.S. federal crop insurance program, originally authorized by the Federal Crop Insurance Reform...

common crop choices for strip cropping are closely sown crops such as hay, wheat, or other forages which are alternated with strips of row crops, such...

any other food crop (219.5 million hectares or 542 million acres in 2024). World trade in wheat is greater than that of all other crops combined. In 2024...

of the main crop. Other cultivars such as Black Mission, Croisic, and Ventura produce good breba crops. In some climates the breba crop is likely to...

fruits, such as citrons, mandarins, and pomelos. Many important citrus crops have been developed through extensive hybridization, including oranges,...

meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used more loosely to include similar plants...

allows a tenant (sharecropper) to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land. Sharecropping is different from tenant farming, which...

international congress. The association has an official scientific journal, Crop Protection, published by Elsevier. The IAPPS was founded in 1946 during the...

The Vintage Crop Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Navan over a distance of 1...

foods and beverages a distinctive gel texture. There is evidence that the crop was widely cultivated by the Aztecs in pre-Columbian times and was a staple...

Agriculture in the Middle Ages describes the farming practices, crops, technology, and agricultural society and economy of Europe from the fall of the...

vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants. The diversity of crops grown on a small area of land, typically...

Aerial application, or crop dusting, involves spraying crops with crop protection products from an agricultural aircraft. Planting certain types of seed...

wheat, rice, and sorghum, and many forage crops. It is native to New Guinea. Sugarcane was an ancient crop of the Austronesian and Papuan people. The...

on a former Episcopal priest named Graham Hess who discovers a series of crop circles in his cornfield and that the phenomenon is a result of extraterrestrial...

Salt tolerance of crops is the maximum salt level a crop tolerates without losing its productivity while it is affected negatively at higher levels. The...

The African Crop Science Journal, a quarterly publication, publishes original research papers dealing with all aspects of crop agronomy, production, genetics...

efficient use of water and nutrients, crop and agriculture system diversification, soil and water protection, and creating crops and livestock strains more resistant...

knotweed family Polygonaceae cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. Buckwheat cultivation originated around the 6th millennium BC in the region...

plant's phloem, where it reproduces. Many plant viruses cause only a loss of crop yield. Therefore, it is not economically viable to try to control them, except...

Capri pants (also known as pedal pushers, three quarter legs, or capris, crop pants, man-pris, clam-diggers, flood pants, ankle pants, jams, highwaters...

In agriculture, polyculture is the practice of growing more than one crop species together in the same place at the same time, in contrast to monoculture...

Bumper Crop is a collection of short stories by Joe R. Lansdale published in 2004 by Golden Gryphon Press. In his introduction, he cites it as the companion...

The Norfolk four-course system is a method of agriculture that involves crop rotation. Unlike earlier methods such as the three-field system, the Norfolk...

otherwise noted, was reported for 2016. The value and production of individual crops varies substantially from year to year as prices fluctuate on the world...

Crop and Pasture Science is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal published by CSIRO Publishing. It publishes outcomes of strategic research...

organic sources: compost, animal manure, human manure, harvested minerals, crop rotations, and byproducts of human-nature industries (e.g. fish processing...

the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food. Most millets belong to the tribe Paniceae. Millets are important crops in the semi-arid tropics...

The Crop Science Centre (informally known as 3CS during its planning) is an alliance between the University of Cambridge and National Institute of Agricultural...

seeds by weight are cereals, followed by legumes, nuts, and spices. Grain crops (cereals and millets) and legumes correspond with the botanical families...

Washington apples are an important agricultural crop in the U.S. state of Washington as well as a symbol of the state itself. Washington is the leading...

first settler in the colony of Virginia to successfully cultivate a tobacco crop for export. He played a crucial role in the Virginia Colony's early economy...

subtropical regions for its grain. It is the world's fifth-most important cereal crop. The grain is used as food by humans, while the plant is used for animal...

Intensive crop farming is a modern industrialized form of crop farming. Intensive crop farming's methods include innovation in agricultural machinery,...

This is a list of crop plants pollinated by bees along with how much crop yield is improved by bee pollination. Most of them are pollinated in whole or...

Intercropping is a multiple cropping practice that involves the cultivation of two or more crops simultaneously on the same field, a form of polyculture...

Kikongo), goober pea, pindar (US, via Kikongo) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds, contained in underground pods. It is widely...

CROP Inc. is a Canadian polling and market research firm based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The company was founded in 1965 by Yvan Corbeil, who saw a...

Inter-Regional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4 Project, also referred to as the Minor Crop Pest Management Program) is an agricultural program of the USDA Cooperative...

States agricultural law, normal crop acreage refers to the acreage on a farm normally devoted to a group of designated crops. When a set-aside program was...

profitability and sustainability of agricultural production. It is used in both crop and livestock production. A central component of implementing this strategy...

The British Crop Production Council (BCPC) is an organisation that promotes the use of good science and technology in the understanding and application...

Cropping is the removal of a person's ears as an act of physical punishment. It was performed along with the pillorying or immobilisation in the stocks...

where sprayers are commonly used for projection of water, weed killers, crop performance materials, pest maintenance chemicals, as well as manufacturing...

Oceania and Remote Oceania, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands. They include crops and animals believed to have originated from the Hemudu and Majiabang cultures...

Cream of the Crop 2003 is a four-CD live album by the Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded from July 25 to August 10, 2003 at six different concert venues...

third most important leguminous crop in those African countries where it is grown, after peanut and cowpea. The crop is mainly cultivated, sold and processed...

4 billion in revenue in 2023[update]. There are more than 400 commodity crops grown across California, including a significant portion of all fruits,...

world's food calorie intake. Early agricultural civilizations valued the crop foods that they established as staples because, in addition to providing...

and forced it to accept Cargill as a member. The 1936 corn crop failed, and with the 1937 crop unavailable until October, the Chicago Board of Trade ordered...

exacerbate the existing environmental impacts of agriculture by lowering crop productivity, reducing the effectiveness of agrochemicals, increasing soil...

The three-field system is a regime of crop rotation in which a field is planted with one set of crops one year, a different set in the second year, and...

Sisters polyculture. That is, those three vegetables were the main staple crops of the time. Maize relies on humans for its propagation. Since the Columbian...

optimization by monitoring crop growth, aerial seeding and crop protection. Agricultural drones provide information on crop growth stages, crop health, and soil...

Cash Crop is an album by the Canadian hip hop group Rascalz, released in 1997 on ViK. Recordings. The album is the group's most successful record to date...

provide technical advice for farmers and farm workers such as in making crop calendars and workflows to optimize farm production, tracing agricultural...

zero tillage or direct drilling) is an agricultural technique for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage. No-till farming...

the practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land. Maize, soybeans, and wheat are three common crops often monocropped. Monocropping...

Cream of the Crop is the eighteenth studio album released by Diana Ross & the Supremes for the Motown label. It was the final regular Supremes studio album...

encompass specific agricultural techniques for the non-irrigated cultivation of crops. Dryland farming is associated with drylands, areas characterized by a cool...

represent approximately 95% of Earth's plant biomass, including important food crops such as rice, wheat, soybeans and barley. C3 plants cannot grow in very...

The National Crop Protection Center (NCPC) is a Philippine research and extension institution focused on crop protection and pest management. It is one...

unusual number of ghost sightings, UFO sightings, Crop circles (with as many as 80% of the UK's crop circles being found in Wiltshire ) as well as a number...

water-wheel and circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered with sprinklers. A circular area...

(Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is grown principally in an area from Eastern and Northern Europe...

of evaporation and transpiration, measured in order to better understand crop water requirements, irrigation scheduling, and watershed management. The...

history. The proximate cause of the famine was the infection of potato crops by blight throughout Europe. The impact of blight on food supply caused...

Extinct agricultural crops, or lost crops, are crops that were once cultivated, but have become extinct over time, or have not been maintained in cultivation...

The Institute for Crop and Food Research was formed in 1992 as a New Zealand-based biological science Crown Research Institute researching new knowledge...

the crop thus helping in stabilising the income of the farmers. The scheme covers all Food & Oilseeds crops and Annual Commercial/Horticultural Crops for...

of growing one crop species in a field at a time. Monocultures increase ease and efficiency in planting, managing, and harvesting crops short-term, often...

Fasal Bima Yojana. The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (Prime Minister's Crop Insurance Scheme) was launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on...

application of pesticides (crop dusting) or fertilizer (aerial topdressing); in these roles, they are referred to as "crop dusters" or "top dressers"...

Jonathan Sauer (Historical Geography of Crop Plants, 2017). Unlike their wild ancestors, domesticated lentil crops have indehiscent pods and non-dormant...

institutions working in agricultural biodiversity, plant genetic resources, crop breeding and research management. He was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth...

plants. Seventy-nine species of tobacco are known, but the chief commercial crop is N. tabacum. The more potent variant N. rustica is also used in some countries...

become more dry, and brittle. The crop is harvested and dried and the onions are ready for use or storage. The crop is prone to attack by a number of...

Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC) is a form of revenue insurance that protects a producer's revenue for an insurable crop whenever low prices, low yields, or...

In Africa, crops such as sorghum were domesticated. Agriculture developed in some 13 centres around the world, domesticating different crops and animals...

make refined sugar. In 2016 the combined world production of those two crops was about two billion tonnes. Maltose may be produced by malting grain....

fall cereals, fall grains, or autumn-sown grains, are biennial cereal crops sown in the autumn. They germinate before winter comes, may partially grow...

Ratooning is the agricultural practice of harvesting a monocot crop by cutting most of the above-ground portion but leaving the roots and the growing shoot...

time between harvesting and sowing for the first (summer) crop and the second (winter) crop. Smoke from this burning produces a cloud of particulates...

Cash Crop is a documentary film by writer-director Adam Ross about cannabis' economic impact in the U.S. state of California. Goldstein, Gary (October...

In agriculture, a living mulch is a cover crop interplanted or undersown with a main crop, and intended to serve the purposes of a mulch, such as weed...

planting in gardening and small-scale agriculture is the planting of different crops in proximity for any of a number of different reasons, including weed suppression...

Vintage Crop are an Australian post-punk band from Geelong. They took their name from the English horse Vintage Crop. Vintage Crop formed as a solo project...

who has studied crop circles and related unexplained phenomena since the early 1980s. He co-founded an organization focused on crop circle research in...

of high-yield, pest-resistant, and climate-adapted crops. Advances in genetic modification (GMO Crops) and selective breeding continue to enhance global...

(usually in the plural). Oats appear to have been domesticated as a secondary crop, as their seeds resembled those of other cereals closely enough for them...

The following table shows the vegetable oil yields of common energy crops associated with biodiesel production. Included is growing zone data, relevant...

the genus Asparagus native to Eurasia. Widely cultivated as a vegetable crop, its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable. Asparagus is an herbaceous...

primary detection method used worldwide is enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Crop rotation is a traditional and sometimes effective means of preventing a parasitic...

genera and more than 1,000 species of Convolvulaceae, I. batatas is the only crop plant of major importance—some others are used locally (e.g., I. aquatica...

locally as "ape", were considered famine food and used only when the taro crop failed. Several species of edible algae, including dulse, channeled wrack...

Crop Circles is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody. It was released on November 5, 2013, via Open Road Recordings. The...

The founder crops or primary domesticates are a group of flowering plants that were domesticated by early farming communities in Southwest Asia and went...

the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Linola substitutes for flax in cropping rotations; it is claimed to have lower production costs than canola, but...

Albert Crop Hawkins (1893–1950) was an English footballer who played for Stoke. Hawkins was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played amateur football with Stoke...

The Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) is a scientific and professional society of plant biologists and crop scientists based in the United States...

coincided with mast years than from fires coinciding with years of low cone crops. While noting that previous studies had assessed a three- to five-year window...

"The Crop" is an early short story by the American author Flannery O'Connor. It is one of the six stories included in O'Connor's 1947 master's thesis The...

the midriff is the human abdomen. The midriff is exposed when wearing a crop top or some forms of swimwear or underwear. "Midriff" is a very old term...

loose seedbed) or after the crop has begun growing (to kill weeds—controlled disturbance of the topsoil close to the crop plants kills the surrounding...

British Crown rule. It began in 1876 after an intense drought resulted in crop failure in the Deccan Plateau. Although the region still produced foodstuffs...

by a constant factor for each sensor (called the crop factor). In everyday digital cameras, the crop factor can range from around 1, called full frame...

The Crop Contracts Law (Catalan: Llei de Contractes de Conreu) was a law passed by the Parliament of Catalonia on 21 March 1934, and enacted on the symbolic...

when a crop has insufficient nutrient uptake due to the lack of arbuscular mycorhizae (AM fungi) in the soil following a fallow period. Crops such as...

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is an international organisation which conducts agricultural research for...

CropLife International is an international trade association of agrochemical companies founded in 2001. It was previously known as Global Crop Protection...

for use by humans and animals. The goals of plant breeding are to produce crop varieties that boast unique and superior traits for a variety of applications...

loss of crops. Typically successful intervention will lead to a low enough level of disease to be acceptable, depending upon the value of the crop. Plant...

practices. As soil health improves, input requirements may decrease, and crop yields may increase as soils are more resilient to extreme weather and harbor...

The Multi-Crop Passport Descriptor (MCPD) is an extension to the international standard[which?] to facilitate germplasm passport information exchange....

Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags (formerly known as Purdue Improved Cow-pea Storage bags) are bags developed by scientists at Purdue University...

Police Crop: The Winchester Conspiracy is a 1990 Australian television film based on Operation Seville and the assassination of Colin Winchester. Television...

Crop acreage base is a crop-specific measure equal to the average number of acres planted (or considered planted) to a particular program crop for a specified...

bean family Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consumption, and also as a cover crop. Varieties with smaller, harder seeds that are fed...

times. The center of diversity and suggested area of domestication for the crop is in the Sahel zone of West Africa. Pearl millet has ovoid grains of 3–4...

legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean. Soy is a staple crop, the world's most grown legume, and an important animal feed. Soy is a key...

vessels. The potato has since spread around the world and has become a staple crop in most countries. Potatoes and tomatoes are genetically related, as both...

which was domesticated and farmed (i.e. beekeeping) for honey production and crop pollination. The only other domesticated species is the eastern honey bee...

The Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) is a project by Rebecca J. Nelson of Cornell University and Jane Maland Cady of the McKnight Foundation...

double-cropping system improves spider diversity to a larger degree than mustard-corn, green fallow-corn and bare fallow-corn double cropping systems...

livestock and crop farming, as well as products for the food industry. Alltech operates under three main divisions: animal nutrition and health; crop science;...

payments to eligible producers on farms enrolled for the 2002 through 2007 crop years. There are two types of DCP payments – direct payments and counter-cyclical...

annual report for fatalities, injury, and total damage costs which include crop and property. They gather this data via National Weather Service offices...

pronotum and forewings. It feeds on various grasses, and can be a pest of crops such as wheat. Stenotus binotatus is a fairly large plant bug (6–7 millimetres...

The Cockshutt 40 row-crop tractor was the second tractor produced by the Cockshutt Plow Company, from 1949 to 1958. Having developed the medium-sized Cockshutt...

Europe and western Asia. It is a legume, grown as a forage crop, fodder crop, cover crop, and green manure. Although non-native, it occurs in all US...

principal food crops. It is the dominant crop of the country. India is one of the leading producers of this crop. Rice is the basic food crop and being a...

The Caribbean Food Crop Society is the regional trade association serving agronomists and agriculture for countries bordering on the Caribbean Sea. Agriculture...

like most grains and annual crops. While many fruit, nut and forage crops are long-lived perennial plants, all major grain crops presently used in large-scale...

for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs treats hemp as a purely non-food crop, but with proper licensing and proof of less than 0.3% THC concentration...

The UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank is an exploitable resource that aims to improve soil and crop health by focusing on plant microbiomes. The cryobank provides...

Crop Alvand Iranian Futsal Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتسال کراپ الوند ایرانیان, Bāshgāh-e Futsāl-e Krāp Alvand-e Irāniyān) is an Iranian professional futsal...

In agriculture, a green manure is a crop specifically cultivated to be incorporated into the soil while still green. Typically, the green manure's biomass...

conventional, or industrial agriculture, is a type of agriculture, both of crop plants and of animals, with higher levels of input and output per unit of...

Auburn, Alabama. It started in 1896, and is the third-oldest ongoing field crop experiment in the United States and the oldest continuous cotton experiment...

existence. The practice is estimated to date back 9,000–11,000 years. Many crops in present-day cultivation are the result of domestication in ancient times...

and exotic crops from elsewhere to add to domestic types. Nowadays, most vegetables are grown all over the world as climate permits, and crops may be cultivated...

Cannabis in Eswatini (Swaziland) is a traditional crop called insangu in Swazi. The plant is subject to drug control and remains illegal in almost all...

A swagger stick is a short stick or riding crop usually carried by a uniformed person as a symbol of authority. A swagger stick is shorter than a staff...

crops need a water table at a minimum depth. For some important food and fiber crops a classification was made because at shallower depths the crop suffers...

The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop. It is the world's fourth-largest food crop, following rice, wheat and corn. The annual diet of an average global...

possible factors, including, but not limited to: war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies...

it can be used on an FX camera because it will automatically enter "DX Crop Mode", which will eliminate vignetting, but also reduce the image area of...

(formerly Monsanto) trademark for its patented line of genetically modified crop seeds that are resistant to its glyphosate-based herbicide, Roundup. The...

acquisition and merger with Massachusetts-based Tender Crop Farm in 2013. Tuttle Farm, now known as Tender Crop, was referred to as the oldest family-owned farm...

cultivated crops. Such food is favoured in early spring and summer, but may also be eaten in autumn and winter during beechnut and acorn crop failures....

software supports transcoding a portion of a video clip, which would count as cropping and trimming. However, items in this article have one of the following...

Vegetable crops can be classified into nine major categories: Potherbs and greens – spinach and collards Salad crops – lettuce, celery Cole crops – cabbage...

agriculture can include permaculture, agroforestry, mixed farming, multiple cropping, and crop rotation. Land sparing, which combines conventional intensive agriculture...

gardeners. Another use of radish is as a cover or catch crop in winter, or as a forage crop. Some radishes are grown for their seeds; others, such as...

biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and more recently as a biomass crop for the production of ethanol and butanol. Other common names for switchgrass...

Hungary and Australia. Since its spread, rice has become a global staple crop important to food security and food cultures around the world. Local varieties...

classification of crops, commercial, agricultural, and taxonomical can be considered to be the most widely accepted agriculture classification of crops. Plants...

The Farmall M is a large three-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1939 to 1953. It was of International...

the most coffee, although unfertilized shaded crops generally yield more than unfertilized unshaded crops: the response to fertilizer is much greater in...

The Scottish Crop Research Institute more commonly known as SCRI was a scientific institute located in Invergowrie near Dundee, Scotland. As of April 2011...

4020 was replaced by the 100 horsepower 4320. John Deere 4020 Examples Row Crop Diesel 4020 4020 Diesel with Optional Cab Restored 4020 Diesel 4020 narrow...

effects of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T on cereal grains (including rice) and broadleaf crops. While a graduate and post-graduate student at the University of Illinois...

grown under high light subsequently transferred to low light as it occurs in crop canopies where older leaves are shaded by new growth. C4 plants have a competitive...

surprisingly versatile - solar panels can be installed between crops, elevated above crops, on greenhouses, or arranged to support pollinators. The pairing...

forest farming) is a land use management system that integrates trees with crops or pasture. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies. As a polyculture...

self-fertile because a commercial crop can be produced without cross-pollination, though cross-pollination usually gives a better crop. Apples are considered self-incompatible...

Crop share rent (in contrast to economic rent) is a proportion of the crop harvest (yield) to be paid by the tenant farmer to the land owner as compensation...

ago as 4000 BCE. It is one of Ethiopia's most important staple crops. As a modern crop, it is low-yielding and susceptible to lodging; the tef shoot fly...

meal and places emphasis on techniques such as crop rotation, companion planting, and mixed cropping. Biological pest control methods, such as the fostering...

The John Deere Model B tractor was a two-plow row-crop tractor produced by John Deere from 1935 to 1952, with direct successors produced until 1960. The...

made it an important crop in the semiarid regions across Africa and Asia. It was domesticated in Africa and is one of the oldest crops to be farmed. A second...

Cropmarks or crop marks are a means through which sub-surface archaeological, natural and recent features may be visible from the air or a vantage point...

requirement, but also benefits the succeeding crops. It can be used as a cover crop before or after cereal crops in rotation, which makes a good green manure...

High-yielding varieties (abbreviated as HYVs) of agricultural crops are varieties of crops that are usually characterized by a combination of the following...

growing of crops: Arable farming or agronomy, the cultivation of field crops Arable land, land upon which crops are cultivated Arable crops program, a...

American species of blueberry that became commonly cultivated as a fresh fruit crop in the 20th century. Dozens of commercial cultivars exist. It has several...

(Australia and rest of world), is a farm implement that cuts hay or small grain crops and forms them into a windrow for drying. They may be self-propelled with...

technology company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. It primarily covers crop protection and seeds for farmers. Syngenta is part of the Syngenta Group...

Bumper Crop is an album by Volcano Suns, released in 1987. The vinyl LP featured these 11 tracks. The cassette and CD added this bonus track. The CD also...

Sumatra in Indonesia. It is cultivated in other regions of Indonesia as a food crop or snack, and popularly grown in Bali, Lombok, Timor, Maluku, Sulawesi and...

A jabot (/ʒæˈboʊ/ ; from French jabot 'a bird's crop') is a decorative clothing-accessory consisting of lace or other fabric falling from the throat, suspended...

CropSyst is a multi-year multi-crop daily time-step crop simulation model being developed by a team at Washington State University's Department of Biological...

zones common vetch is grown as a green manure, livestock fodder or rotation crop. In cultivated grainfields, like lentils, it is often considered a weed due...

example, farmers may grow a crop rotation of a legume such as beans, followed by a cereal such as wheat, to provide cash crops with a reduced input of nitrogen...

namely plants, pests and pathogens – that are important to agriculture and crop protection. EPPO codes are a core component of a database of names, both...

Pea is a pulse or fodder crop, but the word often refers to the seed or sometimes the pod of this flowering plant species. Peas are eaten as a vegetable...

the serotonin neural plexus in the thoracic-abdominal synganglion. If the crop is full and serotonin arrives at P4, P4 will contract and push the contents...

agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used for specialized...

mutabilis is a crop for cool climates and exists mainly in valleys at high altitudes, such as the Andes at tropical latitudes. The crop can be grown at...

following departments: Agronomy and Agricultural Extension Crop Science and Technology Crop Science was established in 2005. It offers a 4-year B.Sc.Ag...

and Paraguay. Little is known about its domestication, but it spread as a crop throughout South America. Archaeological evidence of use is found as far...

Brewing yeasts are traditionally classed as "top-cropping" (or "top-fermenting") and "bottom-cropping" (or "bottom-fermenting"); the yeasts classed as...

called Sugar City (Kannada: Sakkare Nagara) because sugarcane is a major crop grown here, and sugar factories contribute to the major economic output....

or prickly pear, is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts...

(1987). "Mango. In: Fruits of Warm Climates". NewCROP, New Crop Resource Online Program, Center for New Crops & Plant Products, Purdue University. pp. 221–239...

the crop response to changes in growth factors. There are two types of response functions: positive and negative growth curves. For example, the crop yield...

grain is suitable for decades-long storage. It is widely grown as a cereal crop in the arid and semiarid areas in Africa and Asia. Finger millet is under...

plant in the amaranth family. It is an herbaceous annual plant grown as a crop primarily for its edible seeds; the seeds are high in protein, dietary fiber...

considered a national dish in both countries. Matoke bananas are a staple food crop in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and other Great Lakes countries. They are also...

erotic appeal. The tattoos were sometimes accentuated by low-rise jeans or crop tops. Their popularity was in part due to the influence of female celebrities...

Major developments and innovations include: Norfolk four-course crop rotation: fodder crops, particularly turnips and clover, replaced leaving the land fallow...

Arizona through Mexico to Costa Rica. The water requirements are low. The crop will grow in areas where annual rainfall is less than 400 mm (16 in). The...

(Source: James A. Duke. 1983. Handbook of Energy Crops; unpublished)". Purdue University, NewCROP – New Crop Resource. 1983. Archived from the original on...

annual plant in the family Asteraceae. It is one of the world's oldest crops; today, it is commercially cultivated for vegetable oil extracted from the...

produce the best crops for various conditions. Plant breeding has increased crop yields and has improved the nutritional value of numerous crops, including...

irrigation. Rice is the major food crop. Other important local crops are cotton, sugar cane, mango and tobacco. Recently, crops used for vegetable oil production...

cultivated types of clover. It has been widely introduced worldwide as a forage crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America, Australia...

companions to hide crops from pests; providing plants as nurseries for beneficial insects including predators and parasitoids; trap cropping; and allelopathy...

population of a previously more widespread species Refuge crop, a non-genetically modified food crop planted alongside a genetically modified one to prevent...

The International Crop Information System (ICIS) was an open-source database system led by researchers from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)...

Ecocrop was a database used to determine the suitability of a crop for a specified environment. Developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

smoother surface finish, such as that required to make a good seedbed for many crops. Harrowing and rototilling often combine primary and secondary tillage into...

East Asian cuisine. Since the 20th century, it has also become a widespread crop in Europe, the Americas, and Australia. In much of the world, it is referred...

to their use as insecticides, and more recently to genetically modified crops using Bt genes, such as Bt corn. Many crystal-producing Bt strains, though...

Association of America. Retrieved May 8, 2020. "New music this Friday called 'Crop Circles'". May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019 – via Twitter. "NZ Hot Singles...

considered a potential energy crop plant, especially because it has low demands on the climate, the soil and previous crop and produces high amounts of...

the false banana or enset (E. ventricosum), an economically important food crop in Ethiopia. The genus Ensete was first described by Paul Fedorowitsch Horaninow...

Agrifood Research Center (CARC; previously Crop Research Institute and before Research Institute of Crop Production) (Czech: Národní centrum zemědělského...

anti-crop biological munition based on the design of Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb. The E77 used feathers as a vector to disseminate anti-crop agents...

Ear cropping may refer to: Cropping (animal), the removal of part or all of the external flaps of an animal's ear Cropping (punishment), the removal of...

use by the entomologist Paul H. DeBach (1914–1993) who worked on citrus crop pests throughout his life. However, the practice has previously been used...

agricultural strategies that "plant the rain" and reduce evaporation, so that crops have access to soil moisture for the longest possible period of time. In...

The Farmall H is a medium-sized two-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1939 to 1954. It was the most...

In agriculture, a milpa is a field for growing food crops and a crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica, especially in the Yucatán Peninsula, in...

tuberosus is an example native to Asia and Europe, where it was once grown as a crop. Potatoes are stem tubers – enlarged stolons thicken to develop into storage...

The Wisconsin Crop Improvement Association (WCIA), initially called the Wisconsin Experiment Association, was organized in 1901 by Ransom Asa Moore at...

Crops For the Future, known by its acronym CFF, is an independent international organisation with a mandate to promote and facilitate the greater use...

In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns.[page needed] In forest...

usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae. It is cultivated as a food and fiber crop in regions of the world with temperate climates. Textiles made from flax...

staple of rural Andean diets for centuries. Of all Andean root and tuber crops, oca is currently second only to potato in area planted within the Central...

fragrant-smelling fans called "sandal root fans". Vetiver can be used for crop protection. It attracts the stem borer (Chilo partellus), which lays its...

entry-level APS-C mirrorless camera (1.5x APS crop) announced by Nikon on October 10, 2019. It is Nikon's first Z-mount crop sensor camera body. With its introduction...

many domesticated species. Major crop genera found in this tribe include wheat (see wheat taxonomy), barley, and rye; crops in other genera include some for...

some of the earliest agricultural settlements in the world. Several of the crops grown by the earliest farmers continued to be important throughout the long...

reducing the fraction of the population engaged in agriculture. Among the crops harvested with a combine are wheat, rice, oats, rye, barley, corn (maize)...

for haint blue prior to the American Revolution, when indigo was a common crop for plantations in the American South, but the tradition survived well after...

the brand names Crop Production Services (CPS), Crop Production Services Canada (CPSC), Agroservicios Pampeanos S.A. and Landmark. Crop Production Services...

fescues (Festuca). Ryegrass should not be confused with rye, which is a grain crop. As of February 2024[update] the species of Lolium listed by Plants of the...

amounts of wheat. There are three seasonal rice crops in Bengal. By far the most important is the winter crop of aman rice. Sown in May and June and harvested...

is grown as an annual break crop in three to four-year rotations with cereals such as wheat and barley, and break crops such as peas and beans. This...

nutrient cycles, which are balanced and adapted to the demands of specific crops, and on the health and welfare of livestock residing on the farm. Preserving...

received attention as a potential energy crop, and research is currently being conducted on the use of the crop's biomass in bioethanol production. Triticale...

primary crops in Sudan are peanuts, cotton, sesame, sugarcane, and sorghum. Other crops include millet, wheat, corn, and barley. Sudan's crops draw upon...

large-scale cultivation. In Japan, the adzuki bean was one of the first crops subjected to scientific plant breeding. Important breeding traits are yield...

underutilised species but has the potential to become a major multi-use food crop in the tropics of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The winged bean plant...

multiple times a year from carefully tended plots. It is grown as a cash crop in the Argentine Northwest, Bolivia, the Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory...

nematicides) are delivered to their biological targets (e.g. pest organism, crop or other plant). Pesticides and other agrochemicals can be applied in several...

economy. break crop A secondary crop grown in a crop rotation scheme in order to disrupt the repeated cultivation of a primary crop. The break crop species is...

legions popularized short hair for free citizens, especially the close-cropped Caesar cut associated to this day with statues of Tiberius Julius Caesar...

native to Europe and areas of Central Asia, but cultivated as an oilseed crop mainly in Europe and in North America. It is not related to true flax, which...

Vive Crop Protection is a privately held company based in Toronto, Canada, that develops new products based on existing active ingredients for pesticides...

The M115 anti-crop bomb, also known as the feather bomb or the E73 bomb, was a U.S. biological cluster bomb designed to deliver wheat stem rust. Mass production...

harvested, so they have not become a commercially grown berry crop. As a domestic crop, this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award...

important crop in areas that are prone to drought and famine, and is thought of as an 'insurance crop' as it produces reliable yields when all other crops fail...

technique involves the desired crop being planted alongside a 'push' plant, which repels pests, in combination with a 'pull' crop around the perimeter of the...

a crop of sunflowers that are developed by crossing wild perennial and domestic annual sunflower species. Annual sunflower is a major oilseed crop. Genes...

grain amaranth is comparable to that of rice or maize. As a dual-purpose crop amaranth seeds and leaves are used for human and animal consumption; grain...

stretch of the Himalayas (its putative origin) and is an important cash crop for the local people. The difference between charas and hashish is that hashish...

Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so...

now narrowly confined, may be termed a relict. In agronomy, a relict crop is a crop which was previously grown extensively, but is now only used in one...

many parts of the world) Soybean (also a major livestock feed and export crop, and sometimes eaten directly as a snack food) Plants grown principally as...

US. As of 2009, 33 countries had reported the infection in their citrus crop. Citrus greening is distinguished by the common symptoms of yellowing of...

The Oliver 70 series of row-crop tractors was a series of large agricultural tractors produced from 1935 to 1967 by the Oliver Farm Equipment Company....

species' ability to destroy crops. Because of its propensity for destruction, the fall armyworm's habits and possibilities for crop protection have been studied...

blackseed. Noug has been described as semi-domesticated, self-incompatible crop with yellow flowering heads and seeds. Recent studies have revealed the regional...

they selected Fancy (many large fruits with few seeds), Torrey Pines (good crop production and abundant pollen), Frank (good pollen supplier but low yield)...

than some other manufacturers including Nikon, Pentax, and Sony, with a crop factor of 1.6 rather than 1.5. It weighs 407 grams including battery and...

geographical zone; today, West Africa produces nearly 81% of the world's crop. The three main varieties of cocoa plants are Forastero, Criollo, and Trinitario...

A sheaf (/ʃiːf/; pl.: sheaves) is a bunch of cereal-crop stems bound together after reaping, traditionally by sickle, later by scythe or, after its introduction...

agriculture as a natural biocontrol agent, to improve plant health and increase crop yields.[citation needed] Effectors and hormones are other signalling molecules...

was one of the first crops domesticated in the Near East. It was widely cultivated in the ancient world, but is now a relict crop in mountainous regions...

climate change mitigation. The plants can provide nitrate removal, if cropped, and the duckweeds are important in the process of bioremediation because...

Zino Records and Warner Records. It is the follow-up to Nines' second album Crop Circle (2018). The album features guest appearances from Headie One, Roy...

United States, it accounts for more than 80% of the avocado crop and 95% of the California crop, and is the most widely grown avocado in New Zealand. All...

biological, chemical, physical and crop specific (cultural) management strategies and practices to grow healthy crops and minimize the use of pesticides...

Coordination Office as well as the home of the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology. ISAAA AfriCenter is hosted by the International Livestock...

young—by humans. Considered a crop for cool-temperate climates, the mangelwurzel sown in autumn can be grown as a winter crop in warm-temperate to subtropical...

contain some oil, only the oil from certain major oil crops complemented by a few dozen minor oil crops is widely used and traded. Oils from plants are used...

year were the coldest of any on record between 1766 and 2000, resulting in crop failures and major food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere. Evidence...

The Farmall F-20 is a medium-sized two-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1932 to 1939, with approximately...

glass will not cover full frame. Sony has a setting to auto crop in camera or you can crop afterward to taste. Sony now has a robust lineup of first party...

such as a paddle, cane or riding crop. In the latter case the activity is often referred to as paddling, caning or cropping. In erotic flagellation the sub...

swath /swɒθ/ American English, rhymes with "cloth") is the strip of cut crop made by a scythe or a mowing-machine. A mower with a scythe cuts a swathe...

is the cultivated rye, S. cereale, which is grown as a grain and forage crop. Wild and weedy rye species help provide a huge gene pool that can be used...

refers to maize, the yellow, large-grained crop native to the Americas. It can also refer to the main cereal crop of a country or region: Wheat, barley and...

Similarly, volunteer plants from a previous crop are regarded as weeds when growing in a subsequent crop. Thus, alternative nomenclature for the same...

Grown for its seeds, it is used to make the condiment mustard, as a fodder crop, or as a green manure. White mustard is an annual, growing to 70 centimetres...

application of DI requires thorough understanding of the yield response to water (crop sensitivity to drought stress) and of the economic impact of reductions in...

drainage. Its main applications are in agricultural land (to improve the crop yield using agricultural drainage systems) and in cities to manage the extensive...

once an important staple crop, until its later replacement by wet-rice and sweet potato cultivation. It is a warm season crop, typically planted in late...

lie with the Mughal governor, the Nawab of Bengal Nazm ud Daula (1765–72). Crop failure in autumn 1768 and summer 1769 and an accompanying smallpox epidemic...

another object, such as leather boot, to make a loud noise. Short, stiff crops often have a wide leather "popper" at the end which makes a particularly...

cold weather at flowering time during the spring may reduce the size of the crop. Bunches of small, glossy black fruit develop along the stems in the summer...

region of the Southern United States where cotton was the predominant cash crop from the late 19th century into the 20th century. Before the invention of...

of "Arable land (hectares per person)" as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture...

desert vines, among which Citrullus lanatus (the watermelon) is an important crop. Molecular data, including sequences from the original collection of Momordica...

wildlife photography. When used with a Canon APS-C (1.6× crop) DSLR camera or APS-H (1.3× crop), the field of view of this lens is equivalent to a 160–640 mm...

the Central Zone of KAU recommended adoption of several new varieties of crops and promotion of integrated packages for management of pests, diseases and...

Throughout Russian history famines, droughts and crop failures occurred on the territory of Russia, the Russian Empire and the USSR on more or less regular...

the Threshold of a New Century, Crop Systems Biology: Narrowing the Gaps between Crop Modelling and Genetics and Crop Science: Progress and Prospects...

Robert James Jones (born 1951) is an American crop physiologist who has been the 34th president of the University of Washington since August 2025. He served...

100 hp (75 kW), tundra tires and an Aeros Stratos 15.5 wing MA-34 R582XB Crop Duster Two-seat model with Rotax 582 two-stroke powerplant of 64 hp (48 kW)...

Most islands were covered with sugarcane fields and mills for refining the crop. The main source of labor, until the abolition of chattel slavery, was enslaved...

economy based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few commodity crops, grown on large farms worked by laborers or slaves. The properties are called...

land-based cultivation and breeding of plants (known as crops), fungi and domesticated animals Crop farming, the mass-scale cultivation of (usually a specific...

protect crops from weeds by using herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides. Spraying or planting a cover crop are ways to mix weed growth. Planting crop hay...

Centre for Soil and Environmental Research, the Norwegian Institute for Crop Research and the Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture.[1] Bioforsk was...

wheat is common and traditionally refers to the season during which the crop is grown. For winter wheat, the physiological stage of heading (when the...

merger between IMC Global, a fertilizer company formed in 1909, and Cargill's crop nutrition division. It is a combined producer and marketer of concentrated...

the sunflower family. It is native to Southern Europe and cultivated as a crop in Southern and Central Europe. It grows on nutrient poor soils, dry pasture...

shelterbelts, introduction of grassland crop rotation and construction of ponds and reservoirs to ensure high sustainable crop yields in steppe and forest-steppe...

which technology transfer initiatives resulted in a significant increase in crop yields. These changes in agriculture initially emerged in developed countries...

The John Deere Model A is a row crop tractor manufactured by Deere & Company. The A was produced in a wide variety of versions for special-purpose cultivation...

production of crops, plants, or livestock. Depending on the environmental characteristics, a growing region can be dominated by a single crop or crop combination...

this process boosted agricultural prices by limiting the growth of these crops.[citation needed] In Europe, Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was launched...

Panicum miliaceum is a grain crop with many common names, including proso millet, broomcorn millet, common millet, hog millet, Kashfi millet, red millet...

88 miles per hour (142 km/h). Britten-Norman spray gear was provided by Crop Culture, and this company ordered nine Workmasters. Following the experience...

fixation, are one of the most important crops in mixed crop-livestock systems. Cajanus cajan is an important legume crop with a high N-fixation ability (79 % N...

Lodging is the bending over of the stems near ground level of grain crops, which makes them very difficult to harvest, and can dramatically reduce yield...

is often combined in multi-practice systems. Crop diversification occurs when more than one type of crop is grown in an area. This agriculture practice...

Their use has been predominantly in the agricultural aviation field as crop dusters and sprayers. In 2001, over 40 examples remained in use throughout...

land conservation of agricultural land optimization of crop yield crop diversification cropping intensification optimization of farm operations The role...

was a major preoccupation of farmers. After 1800, cotton became the chief crop in southern plantations, and the chief American export. After 1840, industrialization...

approximately 22–24% protein. The pods, sprouts, and protein-rich seeds of this crop are commonly consumed in India. Moth bean can be grown on many soil types...

known as chard or spinach beet or silverbeet, and mangelwurzel (a fodder crop). Beta vulgaris is a herbaceous biennial or, rarely, perennial plant up to...

keeping with its importance among the oilseed crops of India. The research centre came into being as the first crop commodity research unit under the category...

serious pathogens of cereal crops, with the greatest effects being in savanna agriculture in Africa. It also causes considerable crop losses in other regions...

plant nutrients from the soil, due to rain and irrigation. Soil structure, crop planting, type and application rates of fertilizers, and other factors are...

farmland management, such as plowing land, planting, growing, and harvesting crops, harvesting trees and raising livestock. The sequels FarmVille 2 and FarmVille...

nail" or "sprout". Broccoli resulted from the breeding of landrace Brassica crops in the northern Mediterranean starting in about the sixth century BCE. Broccoli...

Due to ineffective agricultural policies, the sector remains stagnant. Crop production is subsidized and regulated by the government through the Integrated...

the rock dove, Columba livia, characterized by a very large, inflatable crop. They are kept as ornamental or fancy breeds, valued for their unusual appearance...

focuses on the abalone and the rock lobster industries Clare and Port Lincoln Crop Improvement Centres, at Clare and Port Lincoln, which focus on agronomy,...

summarizes different crops, what common fungal problems they have, and how fungicide should be used in order to mitigate damage and crop loss. This page also...

Agricultural work varies widely depending on context, degree of mechanization and crop. Low wages for farmworkers have been associated with farmworker shortages...

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research is one of five subcommittees of the U.S. Senate...

discovered. This and other viruses cause an estimated US$60 billion loss in crop yields worldwide each year. Plant viruses are grouped into 73 genera and...

continents and probably grows, wild or as a crop, in every country in tropical Africa. Corchorus olitorius is an annual crop. The plant grows well in the lowland...

milk-like beverage. Cyperus esculentus can be found wild, as a weed, or as a crop. It is an invasive species outside its native range, and is readily transported...

with potatoes), force the plant to grow longer stems (leeks), or for some crops (chicory, leeks, asparagus etc.) this blanching technique keeps the stems...

squad representing the Dallas Cowboys team. Their uniforms consist of a blue crop top, a pair of white hotpants, and white cowboy boots. During a game between...

feed is the competition for resources between growing crops for human consumption and growing crops for animal feed. Resources at stake include land, water...

which originates in the Andes. Its starchy taproot is a major commercial crop and a popular food item across South America. Being a South American plant...

F-mount (FX) lenses to their fullest advantage, with almost no crop factor. When a cropped DX lens is mounted on the D700, either the DX-sized portion,...

Many crop plants are known as peas, particularly Pisum sativum pea marrowfat peas snap pea snow pea split pea and: chickpea, Cicer arietinum cowpea, Vigna...

in a crop rotation cycle, as it lives in symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Agriculturists in semi-arid regions of Rajasthan follow crop-rotation...

occurs in most rural locations. It is concentrated in the drier east (for crops) and the wetter west (for livestock). There are 191,000 farm holdings, which...

English as "gene pool." Harlan and de Wet (1971) proposed classifying each crop and its related species by gene pools rather than by formal taxonomy. Primary...

of spray adjuvants with postemergence herbicides | Integrated Crop Management". crops.extension.iastate.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-11. "Subcommittee E35...

or moss), tree shaping (growing designs with living trees) and mowing and crop art (create patterns or pictures with plants or in lawns). Most living sculpture...

The Farmall B is a small one-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1939 to 1947. It was derived from the...

humidity than that which is available in the environment but can also protect crops from intense heat, bright sunlight, winds, hailstones, and cold waves. This...

in spring 1315. Crop failures lasted through 1316 until the summer harvest in 1317, and Europe did not fully recover until 1322. Crop failures were not...

culture, to modify living organisms: plants, animals, and microorganisms. Crop biotechnology is one aspect of agricultural biotechnology which has been...

pesticides to control psyllid vectors in the citrus crop, and biological control of the vectors in non-crop reservoirs. Greasy spot, a fungal disease caused...

Noah Bumper Crop 2022 In Sendai was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on January 16,...

or no toxicity to wildlife and humans." Despite its success in improving crop yields, dicamba has attracted controversy. According to the United States...

learned of this and sent tubers back to Europe, where they became a popular crop and naturalized there. It later gradually fell into obscurity in North America...

Asiatic crop species, Perilla frutescens, and a few wild species. The genus encompasses several distinct varieties of Asian herb, seed, and vegetable crop, including...

date that a flower will bloom, an insect will emerge from dormancy, or a crop will reach maturity. GDD is credited to be first defined by Reaumur in 1735...

They minimize the effect of the herbicide on crop plants, thereby improving selectivity between crop plants vs. weed species being targeted by the herbicide...

The Farmall F-12 is a small two-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1932 to 1938, with approximately...

prison without parole under the felony murder rule. Gazecki directed 2002's Crop Circles: Quest for Truth. In 2004, he co-produced campaign advertisements...

barbadense was a major commercial crop in the West Indies. After the early 19th century, it was mostly supplanted as a cash crop by sugar cane. There have been...

production, some small-scale sugar cane production, and a portion of the peanut crop, Chad's agriculture consists of subsistence food production. The East Sudanian...

Cropped Out is an annual multi-venue music festival held in Louisville, Kentucky, co-founded in 2010 by Ryan Davis and James Ardery. According to the...

or just the Farmall, was the first in the Farmall line of general-use row-crop tractors manufactured by International Harvester. The Regular was the first...

and flower cultivated as a forage crop (alfalfa hay), foodstuff (alfalfa sprouts), and field nitrogen fixer in crop rotation. Alfalfa may also refer to:...

on cultivated land by averaging the recorded yields and prices of staple crops over a preceding ten-year period. The Persian word dahsala refers to that...

The Cockshutt 30 row-crop tractor was the first production tractor to be manufactured in Canada. The Cockshutt Plow Company had previously imported rebranded...

1970s. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. In 2018, the company ranked 199th on the Fortune 500 of the largest United...

plants. His research focused on improvement of wheat, maize and other cereal crops. Vavilov became the youngest member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet...

The "belt" terminology was first applied to growing regions for various crops, which often follow lines of latitude because those are more likely to have...

to a 270mm lens when fitted to Nikon, Pentax and Sony cameras with 1.5x crop factors or 288mm with Canon DSLRs. It was replaced by the Sigma APO 180mm...

A windrow is a row of cut (mown) hay or small grain crop. It is allowed to dry before being baled, combined, or rolled. For hay, the windrow is often formed...

in the United States, making up 50% of Washington's nation-leading cherry crop. It is also a major cultivar in British Columbia, Canada. The cultivar was...

times the wetland population. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and other legume crops (hay) were the principal habitat for breeding redwings in the county. Despite...

groundnut (peanut) and yam are the major crops farmed in Nigeria, with 70% of the households engaged in crop farming. In the south, 7.3% of the households...

is the stage of crop production immediately following harvest, including cooling, cleaning, sorting and packing. The instant a crop is removed from the...

South Wales, Australia. It has edible fruits which are grown as a commercial crop. Citrus australasica is a shrub or small tree to about 10 m (33 ft) tall...

plants, such as chili pepper, as a sacrificial trap crop. Four years should separate successive crops of eggplants to reduce pest pressure. Common North...

Security from 2022 to 2025. He was previously executive director of the Crop Trust. Fowler received the 2024 World Food Prize. Fowler was born in 1949...

Nevertheless, many researchers argue that the production of calorie-rich crops allowed humans to invest their efforts in other activities, describing it...

area is covered only by one crop, immediate attention to turn them into double crop areas is needed. Also, very few cash crops are grown in Chhattisgarh...

than half was crops. Crops grown in the state include corn, soybeans, hay, wheat and tobacco. Historically, hemp has been a cash crop in the state (see...

Japanese farming implement similar to a sickle or billhook used for reaping crops and also employed as a weapon. It is often included in weapon training segments...

term for two cultivated grasses in the genus Digitaria that are important crops in parts of West Africa. It is a vital food source in many rural areas,...

consumption and consists of crops of dessert bananas, cooking bananas grown on open plantations, and intermittent crops from sea level to elevations...

Limited is an Indian multinational corporation with interests in chemicals, crop protection and specialty chemistry products. The company is headquartered...

fungus Mycosarcoma maydis, synonym Ustilago maydis. One of several cereal crop pathogens called smut, the fungus forms galls on all above-ground parts of...

The John Deere Model L tractor was a small one-plow row-crop tractor produced by John Deere from 1937 to 1946. The L was first produced in 1937. Unlike...

methods such as crop rotation and crop covers were neglected which depleted soil minerals and structure. This in turn impacted crop health. Fukuoka accredited...

second single on May 4. Three more singles, "Die Another Day", "Cream Of the Crop", and "Feels Bad Man", were released in July. To support the album, the band...

agriculture in the US. Its general-purpose machines' origins were in row-crop tractors, a category that they helped establish and in which they long held...

widely known as India's cardamom capital for its pedigree in cultivating that crop. Despite a population estimated to be no higher than 0.2% of Tamilnadu's...

salt-resistant crops. While the limes proved suitable for high-salt conditions, they have seen no commercial development; the first commercial crop appeared...

Pomegranate Citrus (grape, orange, pomegranate, tangerine, and lemon) Snow Crop (apple, grape, lemon, pineapple, and cherry) Five Alive is not a significant...

pre-eminent crop of the Cook Islands and surpasses all other crops in terms of land area devoted to production. The prominence of the crop there has led...