Agronomy MCQ Question and Answer | Agriculture MCQ Question

Wheat is the staple food crop worldwide. Wheat is grown on more land area than any other food crop. World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined. 1n 2020, world production of wheat was 761 million tonnes.
The normal seed rate of medium-sized grain varieties of wheat is 100 kilogram/hectare.

Soybean is an annual legume of the Pea family. And it is widely used for its highly nutritious seed both for eating as well as for oil purposes.
Flowering in soybean is triggered by day length. The different varieties react differently to changing day lengths. Over soybean is Short day plant.

ASI is Anthesis-Silking Interval. It is an indicator of stress, how plants respond to stress during flowering in the Anthesis-Silk interval. It is measured in no. of says between pollen shed and silk emergence.
In new Maize SCH varieties, ASI is for 1 - 2 days.

Potash is one of the essential nutrients required by plants for their proper growth and development.
Application of potash increases disease resistance, drought tolerance, plumpness of grain and seed, and improves stem rigidity and cold hardiness.
It is important for plants as it enhances the firmness, texture, flavor, size, colour of fruit crops. And increase the oil content of oil crops.

Ranching is the practice of raising grazing livestock like cattle and sheep in an area of land. The person who owns and manages the operation of a ranch is usually called a rancher.
It is common in temperate, dry areas, such as Australia.

Cowpea is the pulse crop that is used as a pulse, fodder, and green manure crop. It is an annual herbaceous legume and an important crop in the semi-arid regions as it can tolerate sandy soil and low rainfall.
It requires very few resources, as the plant's root nodules can fix atmospheric nitrogen.

An aridity index is a numerical indicator of the degree of dryness of the climate at a given location. These indicators serve to identify, locate or delimit regions that suffer from a deficit of available water, a condition that can severely affect the effective use of the land.
Drought is called severe when the value of the Aridity Index is 1 to 2.

A wind breaker is a planting usually made up of one or more rows of trees or shrubs planted in a manner to provide shelter from the wind and to protect soil from erosion. These are commonly planted in hedge rows around the edges of fields on farms.
Red gram or pigeon pea is a crop that can be used as a wind breaker to avoid wind erosion.

ICAR stands for the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and is an autonomous body responsible for coordinating agricultural education and research in India.
It was established on 16^th July 1929, hence 16^th July is celebrated as ICAR day every year.
It is the largest network of agricultural research and education institutes in the world.

Black gram or Urad is native to India and originated from a wild plant, Phaseolus sublobatus, it has been in cultivation since ancient times and is one of the most highly prized pulses of India. It is grown in both Kharif and rabi seasons.