crop protection

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• Crop protection — is the branch of horticulture concerned with protecting crops from pests, weeds, disease and theft. It encompasses: Pesticide based approaches such as herbicides, insecticides and fungicides Biological pest control approaches such as cover crops …   Wikipedia

• Crop insurance — is purchased by agricultural producers, including farmers, ranchers, and others to protect themselves against either the loss of their crops due to natural disasters, such as hail, drought, and floods, or the loss of revenue due to declines in… …   Wikipedia

• Crop diversity — is the variance in genetic and phenotypic characteristics of plants used in agriculture. Crops may vary in seed size, branching pattern, in height, flower color, fruiting time, or flavor. They may also vary in less obvious characteristics such as …   Wikipedia

• Protection and indemnity insurance — Protection and indemnity insurance, commonly known as P I, is a form of marine insurance provided by a P I Club. A P I Club is a mutual (i.e. co operative) insurance association that provides cover for its members, who will typically be ship… …   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

• crop — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 plants grown for food ADJECTIVE ▪ agricultural ▪ cash, commercial, export ▪ Most farmers now produce cash crops such as coffee and tobacco for the export market. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• crop rotation — the system of varying successive crops in a definite order on the same ground, esp. to avoid depleting the soil and to control weeds, diseases, and pests. [1905 10] * * * Successive cultivation of different crops in a specified order on the same… …   Universalium

• crop insurance — noun : insurance available to farmers against loss or damage to growing crops as a result of natural hazards (as hail, drought, flood, insects) * * * crop insurance, insurance that provides partial protection for a farmer s income in case of bad… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cover crop — Agriculture General …   Wikipedia

• Federal Crop Insurance Corporation — The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is a wholly owned Government corporation managed by the Risk Management Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. FCIC manages the Federal crop insurance program which provides U.S. farmers and… …   Wikipedia

• Plant Variety Protection Act — The Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970 (PVPA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 2321 2582, is an intellectual property statute in the United States. The PVPA gives breeders up to 25 years of exclusive control over new, distinct, uniform, and stable sexually… …   Wikipedia