Introduction to Major Field Crops

Types of Sequential Cropping

Double Cropping: Cultivation of two crops in succession on a piece of land in a year.
Triple Cropping: Cultivation of three crops in succession on a piece of land in a year.
Quadruple Cropping: Cultivation of four crops in succession on a piece of land in a year.
Ratoon Cropping/Ratooning: Cultivation of crop re-growth after its harvest is rationing. It is also a type of sequential cropping. In this, more than one harvest is done from one sowing/planting. Thus, ratooning consists of allowing stubbles of the original crop after harvesting and to raise another crop.



Fig: Sugarcane Crop for Ratooning.