GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

WARANGAL
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Class: VIII                     Chapter1: Crop Production and Management                                             
    MIND MAP (2020)
            
 Sub: Science                                                 
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    1)Cropping pattern in India

Kharif crop
1)June to September
2)Paddy and maize
 
Rabi crops
1)October to March
2)Wheat and Mustard 
 
2)Agriculture Practices 

    Preparation of soil

 
Sowing 
 
Adding manure and Fertilizers 
 
 
  Irrigation 
 
 
  Protection from weeds
 
  Harvesting

Storage 
 
3)Agriculture Implements
Hoe
plough
cultivation
 
 
 
 
 
4) Modern Methods of Irrigation
 
       Sprinkler system 
       Drip system 
 
5)Advantages of adding manure
 
Enhance the water holding capacity of the soil
 
Make the soil porous, which makes exchange of gases easy
 
Increase the number of friendly microorganism
 
Improve the texture of the soil
 
6) Traditional method of Irrigation 
Moat
Chain pump
Rahat
Dhekli
 
7) Pesticides
Insecticides
Fungicides
Rodenticides 
 
8) Modes of storage
Dry storage 
Cold storage
 
9) Advantages of food storage

Percent spoilage by microbes

 
Make off season fruits and vegetable available
 
Makes help maintain a buffer stock to meet any short fall
 
Helps in easy transportation of food materials
 
10) Storage of grains and crop production
 
 
silos

Grainaries