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... crops , such as cowpeas or soybeans , creates an unfavourable environment . Wet weather promotes growth of a fungus ... crop pest . Chincha Islands , Spanish ISLAS DE CHIN- CHA , part of Ica departamento , Peru . Located in the Pacific ...
... crops , such as cowpeas or soybeans , creates an unfavourable environment . Wet weather promotes growth of a fungus ... crop pest . Chincha Islands , Spanish ISLAS DE CHIN- CHA , part of Ica departamento , Peru . Located in the Pacific ...
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... crop rotation , the successive cultivation of different crops in a specified order on the same fields , in contrast to a one - crop system or to haphazard crop successions . Throughout human history , wherever food crops have been ...
... crop rotation , the successive cultivation of different crops in a specified order on the same fields , in contrast to a one - crop system or to haphazard crop successions . Throughout human history , wherever food crops have been ...
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... crops to many situations , for making changes when needed , and for including go - between crops as cover and green manures . A simple rotation would be one crop from each group with a 1 : 1 : 1 ratio . The first num- ber in a rotation ...
... crops to many situations , for making changes when needed , and for including go - between crops as cover and green manures . A simple rotation would be one crop from each group with a 1 : 1 : 1 ratio . The first num- ber in a rotation ...
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