Soil Less Agriculture

The minimum time interval between the last pesticide or any chemical application and harvesting othe produce is known as waiting period. It is commonly known as Pre-Harvest Index (PHI).

A branch of agricultural sciences that deals with the study of production, management, utilization and improvement of plants for their use as fuel, food, forage and more is known as agronomy.

These crops are known as monsoon/autumn crops as they are sown before the arrival of monsoon while harvested in late autumn. The crops are sown from the first week of June to mid week of July and harvested from September to December. For Example: rice, maize, groundnut, pulses.