Question: Sunhemp is classified as a:
Options:
Green Manuring Crop
Cereal Crop
Oilseed Crop
Sugar Crop
🛑 Additional Information::
-Sunn-hemp is most suitable for loamy soils.
-It is sown in May or June when the monsoon breaks.
-It grows very fast and to a height of 1 to 2 metres.
-It can grow even on poor soils and ads about 20 to 25 tons of fresh green plant material per hectare to the soil.
-It is the most outstanding green manure crop and is well suited in almost all parts of India.
-It fits in well with the sugarcane, potato, garden crops and the second season paddy in southern India and with irrigated wheat in the north India.
-Dhaincha, Sunn-hemp are legume green manure crops.
-Whereas Gliricidia, cassia are legume green leaf manure crops.