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CCA Crop Management 2024
CCA Crop Management 2024
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CCA Crop ManagementDesiccation - ✅✅-The removal of moisture from a material.
Stratification - ✅✅-Exposure of seeds or to low temperatures to break
dormancy.
Germination - ✅✅ -The resumption of growth of a seed embryo after a period
of dormancy. Requires adequate water, oxygen, and suitable temperature.
Vernalization - ✅✅ -Exposure of germinating seeds or plants to low
temperatures to induce flowering.
Short Day Crop - ✅✅ -A crop in which flowering is initiated when the crop's
critical NIGHT length is exceeded.
Long Day Crop - ✅✅ -Crop in which flowering occurs when NIGHT length is
less than the crop's required critical length.
Precision Agriculture -✅✅ -Using the best technologies to identify and
manage in-field soil and crop variability to improve production and economic
return.
Clean Till -✅✅ -Tillage where all plant residues are covered to prevent
growth of all vegetation except that of the crop being produced.
Companion Crop - ✅✅ -A crop sown with another crop, especially one that
will emerge and develop slowly. Also called a nurse crop.
Managment Zone - ✅✅ -A sub-region of a field that has a relatively uniform
combination of yield limiting factors where a single level of crop management
is appropriate.
Relay Crop - ✅✅ -A system in which one crop is planted into a standing crop
prior to harvest of the established crop, which does not hinder the yield of
either crop.
Crop Rotation - ✅✅ -The practice of growing different crops in a planned
regular sequence on the same land.
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