green manure crop
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green
adjective
uk/ɡriːn/us/ɡriːn/
of a colour between blue and yellow; of the colour ...
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manure
noun[U]
uk/məˈnjʊər/us/məˈnʊr/
solid waste from animals, especially horses, that is spread on the land in order to make plants ...
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crop
noun
uk/krɒp/us/krɑːp/
(the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in ...
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(Definition ofgreen,manureandcropfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Of the 12 hectares in each cotton block, six would be planted in cotton and six with a greenmanurecrop.
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Sweet clover was treated as a greenmanurecropand mowed in late summer during a fallow (green manure) phase of the rotation.
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For these reasons it is used as a greenmanurecrop.
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The amount of humus found in the soil also increases with higher rates of decomposition, which is beneficial for the growth of the crop succeeding the greenmanurecrop.
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In addition, increasing land scarcity in many areas has reduced the fallow period during which green manure crops could be cultivated.
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One does not have to grow manure crops to reestablish fertility.
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The bonus is subject to certain conditions relating to contour ridging and the growing of green manure crops and leguminous crops in order to encourage sound farming practice.
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Common colonial green manure crops were rye, buckwheat and oats.
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Of the 12 hectares in each cotton block, six would be planted in cotton and six with a greenmanurecrop.
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Mechanization would make green-manuring on a large scale possible because tractor-drawn plows had the capacity to turn over and bury the greenmanurecrop.
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Sweet clover was treated as a greenmanurecropand mowed in late summer during a fallow (green manure) phase of the rotation.
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For these reasons it is used as a greenmanurecrop.
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Typically, a greenmanurecropis grown for a specific period of time, and then plowed under and incorporated into the soil while green or shortly after flowering.
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The amount of humus found in the soil also increases with higher rates of decomposition, which is beneficial for the growth of the crop succeeding the greenmanurecrop.
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Wikipedia
In addition, increasing land scarcity in many areas has reduced the fallow period during which green manure crops could be cultivated.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The bonus is subject to certain conditions relating to contour ridging and the growing of green manure crops and leguminous crops in order to encourage sound farming practice.
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Hansard archive
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Further aeration of the soil results from the ability of the root systems of many green manure crops to efficiently penetrate compact soils.
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Common colonial green manure crops were rye, buckwheat and oats.
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