Laboratory Exercise No.

Land Preparation and Field Practices for Lowland and Upland Crops

STUDY QUESTIONS

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STUDY QUESTIONS
1. Why is sub-soiling needed in soils with hard pans? (4pts)

2. Show that a triangular system has 15% more plants than a square system using the same
distance of planting by computing the number of plants in each system. (7pts)

3. Why should we add well decayed organic matter and basal fertilized to the soil before
transplanting seedlings or grafted plants of perennial crop species? (4pts)

4. What are the different adaptive tillage operations? Characterize each. (5pts)

5. Differentiate between minimum and zero tillage. (5pts)

6. For the below, assume that the land is fully devoted to planting, that means that no infrastructure
or other structures are needed to be considered.

Parameters CROP A CROP B

Land area 6.25 hectares 6.25 hectares
Recommended Plant Spacing 12m x 12m 10m x 10m
Planting System Square System Triangular System

Given the land area, recommended plant spacing, and the planting system to be followed for Crop A
and Crop B, which of the two crops will yield a greater number of plants per area? Prove your
answer by showing all the necessary calculations.