Differences between the rabi crops and the Kharif crops are:

i. Kharif Crops - Kharif crops are sown in months of June and July and harvested in the months of September and October. Main crops are rice, maize, jawar, cotton, jute and groundnut.

ii. Rabi crops - Rabi crops are sown in the months of October to December and harvested in the months of March and April. Main crops are wheat, barley, gram, mustard etc.

The cotton crop requires a uniform high temperature between 21°C to 30°C. Jute requires a hot and humid climate with 90% relative humidity.

i. Ratooning
ii. Oil Cakes
iii. Coagulation

i. Tea is cultivated on hill slopes because though the crop requires well distributed rainfall, and standing water is harmful to the crop. As water does not collect on the hill slopes it is ideal for tea plantations.

ii. The yield per hectare of sugarcane is higher in the southern states as it has moderate climate which is free from the effects of ‘loo’ and winter frost.

iii. Pulses are important food crops because they are an important source of protein to the vegetarian people. Leguminous crops also fix atmospheric nitrogen into the soil, increasing its fertility.