Polyculture
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In agriculture, polyculture is the practice of growing more than one crop species together in the same place at the same time, in contrast to monoculture, which had become the dominant approach in dev
Pawpaw trees growing under mulberry trees, a forest gardening style of polyculture
A Central American polycultural "milpa" in 2011. Beans are growing among the drying maize; banana trees are in the background.
Excellent soil structure in land in South Dakota farmed without tillage using a crop rotation of maize, soybeans, and wheat accompanied by cover crops. The main crop has been harvested but roots of the cover crop are still visible in autumn.
Applying pesticides to crops in a monoculture: polycultures need lower inputs, reducing environmental harms.
Maize
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Maize, also known as corn, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. The leafy stalk of the plant gives rise to male inflorescences or tassels which produce pollen, and female inflorescences c
Polyculture
…which had become the dominant approach in developed countries by 1950. Traditional examples include the intercropping of the Three Sisters, namely maize, beans, and squashes, by indigenous peoples of Central and North America, the rice-fish systems of Asia, and the complex mixed cropping systems of…
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Many small male flowers make up the tassel.
Female inflorescence, with young silk
Stalks, ears and silk