A secondary crop grown to interrupt the repeated sowing of cereals as part of crop rotation.
Example sentencesExamples
Dramatic changes in biodiversity could be effected by changing the crops grown - such as growing less wheat or maize and using beet and rape as break crops more extensively.
The crop is a useful break crop increasing the yield of the following winter wheat by about 1.5 t/ha.
Cover or break crops in the rotation can be important for weed management.
First wheat after a break crop can be drilled from early September (or late August if you must) providing the break crop did not have a significant couch infestation or volunteer cereals which both host take-all.
Chickpeas are proving to be an effective nitrogen-fixing break crop with the added bonus of being a profitable crop.
The beet forms a good break crop on land that will not grow potatoes.
Despite its useful role as a break crop, oilseed rape cannot be grown too regularly in the same field for the risk of a serious disease build up.
Definition of break crop in US English:
break crop
noun
A secondary crop grown to interrupt the repeated sowing of grain as part of crop rotation.
Example sentencesExamples
The beet forms a good break crop on land that will not grow potatoes.
Chickpeas are proving to be an effective nitrogen-fixing break crop with the added bonus of being a profitable crop.
The crop is a useful break crop increasing the yield of the following winter wheat by about 1.5 t/ha.
First wheat after a break crop can be drilled from early September (or late August if you must) providing the break crop did not have a significant couch infestation or volunteer cereals which both host take-all.
Cover or break crops in the rotation can be important for weed management.
Dramatic changes in biodiversity could be effected by changing the crops grown - such as growing less wheat or maize and using beet and rape as break crops more extensively.
Despite its useful role as a break crop, oilseed rape cannot be grown too regularly in the same field for the risk of a serious disease build up.