Answer:
Mixed cropping is employed
to minimise risk and as an insurance against crop failure due to abnormal
weather conditions. The main criteria's for selection of the crops for mixed
cropping are as follows:
(a) Duration of Crops: One of the crops should be a long duration and other should be a
short duration crop.
(b) Growth Habit: One of the crops should be growing tall and the other should be
growing short. The component crops should have different canopy (i.e., the
structure of leaves, stem and flowers found above the ground).
(c) Nutrient Demand: One of the component crops should require lesser nutrients than the
other crop.
(d) Root Pattern: One should be deep-rooted while the other should be shallow-rooted.
(e) Water Requirement: One of the component crops should require lesser water than the
other.
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