companion crop

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• companion crop — noun : a secondary crop planted to increase or hasten returns on a plot of land (as lettuce between tomatoes) …   Useful english dictionary

• Companion planting — is the planting of different crops in proximity (in gardening and agriculture), on the theory that they assist each other in nutrient uptake, pest control, pollination, and other factors necessary to increasing crop productivity. Companion… …   Wikipedia

• Crop rotation — Fallow redirects here. For other uses, see Fallow (disambiguation). Satellite image of circular crop fields in late June 2001. Healthy, growing crops are green. Corn would be growing into leafy stalks by then. Sorghum, which resembles corn, grows …   Wikipedia

• Companion parrot — Congo African Grey Parrot on top of its cage. It has a ring on its right leg. Companion parrot is a general term used for any parrot kept as a pet that interacts abundantly with its human counterpart. Generally, most species of parrot can make… …   Wikipedia

• nurse crop — noun : a crop planted with another presumably to shelter it from competition with weeds or other undesirable plants compare companion crop, nurse grass * * * a crop planted in the same field with another crop, esp. to minimize the growth of weeds …   Useful english dictionary

• Bumper Crop — is a collection of short fiction by Joe R. Lansdale published in 2004. In his introduction, he cites it as the companion piece to High Cotton , because he had so many stories which didn t quite fit in with the Best of but were more like personal… …   Wikipedia

• Nurse crop — In agriculture, a nurse crop is an annual crop used to assist in establishment of a perennial crop. The widest use of nurse crops is in the establishment of legumaceous plants such as alfalfa, clover, and trefoil. Occasionally nurse crops are… …   Wikipedia

• Trap crop — A trap crop is a plant that attracts parasitic insects away from attacking nearby crops. This form of companion planting can save the main target of agriculture from decimation by pests without the potential issues and controversy involved in… …   Wikipedia

• Intercropping — is the agricultural practice of cultivating two or more crops in the same space at the same time (Andrews Kassam 1976). A practice often associated with sustainable agriculture and organic farming, intercropping is one form of polyculture, using… …   Wikipedia

• West Virginia — This article is about the U.S. state of West Virginia. For other uses, see West Virginia (disambiguation). State of West Virginia …   Wikipedia

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