spring crop

collocation in English

meaningsofspringandcrop

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spring
noun
uk
/sprɪŋ/us
/sprɪŋ/
the season of the year between winter and summer, lasting from March to June north of the equator, and from September to December south of the equator, when the weather becomes warmer, leaves and plants start to grow again and ...
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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 ofspringandcropfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspring crop

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Yield in spring is higher than in autumn because thespringcropcycle is longer and radiation received by spinach is a third higher than in autumn.
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About three quarters of the winter barley crop and half thespringcropare now treated with fungicides.
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The limit for this year'sspringcropof opium was fixed at 360,000 acres.
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If aspringcropis to be sown, a winter catch crop should be grown.
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Thespringcropduring the dry season was dependent upon irrigation; the summer and fail crop during the rainy season utilized irrigation to supplement rainfall.
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This provides future inoculum for the upcomingspringcropand for the last harvest of alfalfa for the season.
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Rotation of crops was practiced as well as the winter/springcropsystem.
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One field would be sown with a winter crop, the second with aspringcrop, and the third left fallow.
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This allowed a greater amount ofspringcropof oats to be grown, which provided fodder for horses.
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It colonizes spring crops (sunflower, soybean, maize), intercrops following winter crops (barley, wheat), and set-asides or abandoned fields.
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Are there likely to be any negotiations with them about the spring crops?
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I am impressing upon farmers, including milk producers, the urgent need to become as nearly self-supporting as possible and to plan their spring cropping accordingly.
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It is important to emphasise that many of them depend on spring crops which are now in jeopardy as a result of the present crisis.
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If farmers and landowners attack this problem vigorously and urgently, any damage by rabbits to spring crops should be largely avoided.
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Last week, when we should have been sowing our spring crops, we had—this is no exaggeration—nine-foot snowdrifts and no electricity for four days.
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The failure affected the autumn crops of 1907 and the spring crops of 1908.
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More recently, arable production on the downs changed from predominantly spring crops to winter crops.
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Only the spring crops remain.
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Good sanitation in winter and spring crops is also required for the maintenance and control of the fly population.
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