rice Flashcards
(20 cards)
grown from sea level to about
2,000 m altitude (T/F)
true
southern states and West Bengal
the climatic conditions allow the cultivation of
two or three crops of rice in an agricultural year
it is true
West Bengal farmers grow three crops of rice
called
AUS = summer
AMAN = southwest monsoon
BORO= winter
Himalayas and northwestern parts of the
country, it is grown as a kharif crop
false , it is grown as kharif crop
india contributes 21.9 per cent of rice
production in the world
currently updated figure is 26%
ranking
- china
2.india - bangladesh
one-fourth of the
total cropped area in the country is under rice
cultivation.
true
leading producers
WB, UP and PUNJAB
high yield level
- punjab -irrigation
- haryana - irrigation
- AP - irrigation
- telanaga
5.WB - TN - irrigation
- kerala
low yeild level
- MP
- chattisgarh
- odisha
becuase here they are rainfed
methods of rice cultivation
direct seeded
system of rice intensification
transplantation
drilling method
rainfall
150-300 cm
humidity
high
temperature
21 to 30 degree thorugh life period of the crop
soil
alluvial clayey soil
it grows better in alkaline soils but can tolerate acidic soil as well (T/F)
false — ans is ULTA
PR23
- perenial rice variety o f china
- does not need to be planted every year and can yield eight consecutive harvests across four years
DRR Dhan 60
- first low tolerance PHOSPHOROUS rice variety
- developed by Indian Institute of Rice Research
- 30% lower phosphorous
kalmanak
also called buddha rice
black husk
GI tag - UP
RICH in iron and zinc
can prevent alzeimers
