- In agriculture,
polyculture is the
practice of
growing more than one crop
species together in the same
place at the same time, in
contrast to monoculture...
- Rice
polyculture is the
cultivation of rice and
another crop
simultaneously on the same land. The
practice exploits the
mutual benefit between rice and...
- both in time, as with a crop
rotation or sequence, or in space, with a
polyculture or
intercropping (see
table below).
Continuous monoculture, or monocropping...
- time in a field. A
monoculture is a crop
grown by
itself in a field. A
polyculture involves two or more
crops growing in the same
place at the same time...
- or in space, with a
polyculture or
intercropping (see
table below). Note that the
distinction between monoculture and
polyculture is not the same as between...
- A rice-fish
system is a rice
polyculture, a
practice that
integrates rice
agriculture with aquaculture, most
commonly with
freshwater fish. It is based...
-
richness emerged ranging from high
species diversity in "rustic"
shaded polycultures to
extremely low
species diversity in
unshaded monocultures. Biological...
- to
varying local environments. The
individual crops and
their use in
polyculture originated in Mesoamerica,
where squash was
domesticated first, followed...
-
important aquacultured freshwater species in
South Asia. It is
grown in
polyculture ponds with
other carp-like fish,
particularly with the roho
labeo (Labeo...
- In many
traditional and
organic farming practices, crop
rotation or
polyculture involving legumes is common. By
alternating between legumes and non-legumes...
