Everything you need to know about multiple cropping systems ! Q. 1. What do you mean by multiple cropping? Ans. Multiple cropping refers to growing two or more crops on the same field in a year. It is of two types, viz.: i. Sequential cropping and ii. Intercropping. Q. 2. What is sequential cropping? Ans. Cultivation of two or more [...]
Everything you need to know about plant breeders right ! Q. 1. What are Plant Breeders' Rights? Ans. The Plant Breeders' Rights programme was first established in 1987 under the Plant Variety Rights Act (PVRA), which was succeeded by the current- Plant Breeders' Rights Act 1994. (PBRA). Plant breeders' rights (PBR), also known as plant variety rights (PVR), are intellectual [...]
Everything you need to know about crop biodiversity and Indian legislation ! Q.1. What is Biodiversity? Ans. The biodiversity refers to the variety of life in ail forms, levels and combinations. The term biodiversity includes genetic diversity; species diversity, and ecosystem diversity. In other words, the variety of life forms -the different plants, animals and microorganisms, the genes they contain [...]