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Ppt on different types of crops
Tea and Millets
Points to be noted-: Characteristics Temperature
Rainfall Places Areas
TEA.
What is TEA.Tea is beverage made by steeping
processed leaves , buds , or twigs of the tea bush , in
hot water for a few minutes.
TEA CATEGERIES.
Black tea White tea Green tea Oolong tea Yellow tea
Temperature requirement-:
• Tea (Camellia sinensis) is an evergreen plant that grows mainly in tropical and sub-tropical climates
Rainfall
• Tea plants require at least 127 cm. (50 inches) of rainfall a year and prefer acidic soils.
Characteristics
Anti-cancer propertiesIncreases metabolic
rate
possible anti-diabetes effect
Effect on HIV
Boosts immune system and mental alertness.
• Tea is found in countries like China
SrilankaIndia
Areas
Kenya
Japan
Tea producers-:
TEA BAGS.
• Millets require warm temperatures for germination and development and are sensitive to frost. For these reasons, they are normally planted from mid-June to mid-July.
• Millet is best established when soil temperatures reach 65°F at a depth of one in.
Temperature requirement-:
• The optimum rainfall requirement of millet ranges between 35 to 50 cm.
Rainfall
Resilience to thrive in harsh environment.
Nutritious and healthy food.Multiple use as food, fodder,
neutraceutical ,industrial, soil healthShort duration c4 crops and semiarid
tracts.Crops for agro-biodiversity.
Characteristics
• Millet should not be fed to horses as the only source of roughage since it acts as a laxative.
• Millet is usually grown for hay or silage often as a short-season emergency hay crop.
• Millets performs best in livestock rations when fed in mixtures with other grains.
i. Namibia, the only non-Sahelian countryii. India is the world's leading producer of milletiii. Countries surrounding the Sahara Desert in
western Africa.
Areas
THE END.
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