major crop
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandcrop
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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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 ofmajorandcropfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Since rice is amajorcrop, this uncertainty may be important.
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For eachmajorcrop(maize, soybean, sweetcorn, sorghum and sunflower) three random sites were visited weekly.
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This is therefore a definitive, and also accessible account of amajorcrop, presented clearly and attractively and well illustrated.
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The input of fertilizer for rice was also less than for pepper, anothermajorcropgrown towards the end of the wet season.
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Our land holdings variables focus on cultivated land wheremajorcropfailures on lowland and upland cropping as insurance occur.
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However, we hypothesize that the relative trend and variability ofmajorcropprices has also helped determine land use.
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Wheat is themajorcrop, occupying 60 % of the cultivated area.
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However, in spite of all its difficulties, wheat was more drought resistant than any othermajorcrop.
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Although enzymes with desirable characteristics are available, technical advances are required before their potential can be realized inmajorcropplants.
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Rice is amajorcropplant that is sensitive to many abiotic stresses.
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The book concentrates on themajorcropand livestock species and includes discussion of such factors as physiological potential, prospects for new technologies, and possible economic and environmental constraints.
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High rainfall incidences coupled with bare ground makes the soil more prone to high erosion rates leading to losses ofmajorcropnutrients in the process.
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Because of the wide dispersal hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago of varieties of manymajorcrop species, the question of who are traditional owners is difficult to answer.
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Corn is themajorcrop, followed by beans.
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Millet is themajorcropin this group, and is produced by 63 per cent of households.
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As you know, we can offset 85 % of any voluntary set-aside against overcultivation of themajorcrop.
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If one produces timber, one is likely to get only onemajorcropin a lifetime or even longer.
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That demonstrates an extraordinary rush to introduce a regime that will have the most marked effect on amajorcrop.
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If there is amajorcropfailure in such comparatively advanced countries, the consequences for the rest of that part of the world must be severe.
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