. Describe in one sentence the activity known as “crop rotation” and its purpose. b. Explain in a second sentence what happens in the soil that enables crop rotation to work.

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a. Describe in one sentence the activity known as “crop rotation” and its purpose.

b. Explain in a second sentence what happens in the soil that enables crop rotation to work.

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Crop rotation is the practice of cultivating a variety of crops in much the same location over the course of several seasonal changes. It minimizes dependency on a single set of nutrients, pesticide as well as vegetation pressure, as well as the likelihood of pesticide as well as weed resistance.

Monocropping, or planting the very same product in the very same area for several consecutive years, eventually exhausts soil nutrients as well as selection for an extremely competitive pesticide and weed population. Monocultures' production is largely reliant on external sources unless nutrient usage is balanced and pesticide and weed populations are diversified.

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