Definition of Strip cropping

1. Noun. Cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion.

Generic synonyms: Agriculture, Farming, Husbandry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strip Cropping

strip
strip-Jack-naked
strip-mine
strip-mined
strip-mines
strip-mining
strip-search
strip alert
strip away
strip bar
strip bars
strip cartoon
strip cartoons
strip club
strip clubs
strip cropping (current term)
strip down
strip joint
strip joints
strip lighting
strip loin
strip mall
strip mine
strip miner
strip mining
strip off
strip parties
strip party
strip poker
strip search

Literary usage of Strip cropping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Farmer's Primer on Growing Soybean on Riceland by R. K. Pandey (1987)
"Soybean in other cropping systems strip-cropping Strip-cropping maize and soybean 215 Strip-cropping sorghum and soybean 216 ..."

2. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"strip cropping Natural enemies may prefer a different habitat from the main crop. Inserting strips of an alternative crop may provide a preferred habitat in ..."

3. Sustainable Agriculture Directory of Expertiseby Cynthia Arnold, Betty Blomberg, Ellen Clough, Jim Lukens by Cynthia Arnold, Betty Blomberg, Ellen Clough, Jim Lukens (1997)
"... Grass Waterways, Minimum Tillage, Mulching, No Till, Riverbank Protection, Rotational Cropping, Soil Stabilization, strip cropping, Stubble Mulching, ..."

4. Upland Rice: A Global Perspective by Phool Chand Gupta, J. C. O'Toole (1986)
"Relay cropping may be used to modify strip cropping, mixed-row cropping, mixed cropping, or intercropping. Interplanting is planting short-term annual crops ..."

5. Sustainable Management of Soil Resources in the Humid Tropics by Rattan Lal (1995)
"strip cropping Contour strip cropping divides a steep land into contour strips ... Various categories of strip cropping include the following: Contour Strip ..."

6. A Farmer's Primer on Growing Cowpea on Riceland by R. K. Pandey (1987)
"Cowpea in other cropping systems — strip-cropping Strip-cropping maize and cowpea 217 Strip-cropping sorghum and cowpea 218 ..."

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