subsistence crop
the total amount of a crop that is collected in one season:
Last year there was a bumper crop of maize (= a very large one).

Examples of crop

crop
The first is an introduction to vegetable crops and diseases where the general background to pathogens and their significance to vegetable production are considered.
The implications of restricting use of fertilizer nitrogen for the productivity of arable crops, their profitability and potential pollution by nitrate.
The effect of cropping sequences and rotational management : an economic comparison of conventional, integrated and organic systems.
Interestingly non-adopters reported a much greater (but not statistically significant) level of income from non-cotton crops compared to adopters.
0.75), being 0.139 and 0.135 t/ha per year for rain-fed and irrigated crops, respectively.
Grasslands also improve organic matter, utilized by crops and a range of plants used as medicines.
Second, intensification of food crops often leads to the release of land, water and labour resources for on-farm diversification.
At medium intensity or cropping this system is thus recommendable to land-constrained poor farmers who do not use external inputs such as fertilizer.
However, in the present experiments, differences in egg-to-larva mortalities between cropping patterns were not significant.
Raw materials, for example, can be located far away, or crops may not grow in certain climates or seasons.
Indeed, in most cases, major crops were divided in half, but with a lot of exceptions.
Collection sites refer to: 1, intensive crops; 2, gardens or natural habitat; n. t., not tested.
However, it is less likely to benefit crops such as sunflower and cotton that have been shown to be as attractive to ovipositing females.
The implications of the results of this study for biological control in ornamental crops are discussed.
Large numbers on the crops do not in themselves account for the peaks in flight activity shown on certain days and dates.
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Collocations withcrop

crop

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abundant crop
In 2004, the second season of research, the results of the propagation research yielded a more reliable and abundantcrop.
agricultural crop
Assessing sensitivity of agriculturalcrop varieties.
alternative crop
Recent increases in non-renewable energy costs, however, may mean farmers will consider alternative crop production systems that require fewer energy inputs, such as forage-based rotations94.
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