alley crop
alley crop verb: to plant non-woody crops between rows of nut, fruit, timber, or fodder trees.
Verb
alley crop (third-person singular simple present alley crops, present participle alley cropping, simple past and past participle alley cropped)
- To plant non-woody crops between rows of nut, fruit, timber, or fodder trees.
- First stop for our entourage of two buses and three cars is a technical school where the headmaster has directed his students to alley crop a small field of Leucaena and cowpeas.1990, Thomas A. Bass, Camping with the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africa, page 136
- You can alley crop with brambles, blueberries, fruit or nuts.1995, The New Farm - Volume 17, Issues 1-4, page 28
Noun
alley crop (plural alley crops)
- A crop that is cultivated in this manner.
- Through the improved management of alley crops and fallow, it should be possible to increase crop yields in ShC systems and at the same time decrease the adverse environmental impacts of these systems.1998, Amelie Berger, Twice Humanity
- On these nutrient-poor and acid soils, root competition for nutrients between crops and trees can be very intense, resulting in poor growth of the alley crops, especially of plants growing near the hedgerows.1999, B. T. Kang, A. N. Atta-krah, L. Reynolds, Alley Farming, page 60
alley crop meaning in Tamil
alley crop in Tamil
- ஊடுபயிர்
Examples of alley crop in a sentence
- Shepherd will continue to alley crop corn and hay in between the tree rows until the trees become too large and shade out the crops.1996, Inside Agroforestry, page 4:
- Alley crops are generally the 'hedge crop' or creeper which is clipped after some days, or some flower plants.2017, N.R. Das, Practical Manual on Basic Agronomy:
Forms of alley crop
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | alley crops |
| present participle | alley cropping |
| past participle | alley cropped |
| past | alley cropped |
| Noun | |
| plural | alley crops |
Origin of alley crop
From the use of the "alleys" between rows of trees.
Questions about alley crop
- What does alley crop mean?
- Alley crop means to plant non-woody crops between rows of nut, fruit, timber, or fodder trees.
- What is alley crop in Tamil?
- Alley crop in Tamil is ஊடுபயிர். See Alley crop meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use alley crop in a sentence?
- Shepherd will continue to alley crop corn and hay in between the tree rows until the trees become too large and shade out the crops.
- What part of speech is alley crop?
- Alley crop can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of alley crop?
- The past tense of alley crop is alley cropped.
Words near alley crop in the dictionary
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