Mixed cropping - konsaku

Japanese: 混作 - こんさく

A cropping style in which two or more crops are grown simultaneously in the same field, with no distinction between the crops as main or secondary. A typical example is mixed sowing, in which the seeds of several grass species from the grass and legume families are mixed and sown. Alternate cropping, in which two or more crops are grown alternately in regular rows, is also a type of mixed cropping, and is used, for example, alternating cropping of corn and soybeans. Mixed sowing is often classified as extensive cultivation, and its greatest advantage is that it spreads the risk of disasters. Alternate cropping is a more intensive cultivation method than monoculture, and takes advantage of differences in creeping and upright growth, shallow and deep root systems, and nutrient absorption, preventing disasters such as wind damage and improving the cultivation environment, resulting in higher yields than monoculture.

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Japanese:

２種以上の作物を同時に同じ畑に栽培し，作物間に主副の別がない作付様式。代表的なものは，イネ科とマメ科の数種の牧草の種子を混合してまく混ぜまきである。また交互作といって，２種以上の作物を一定の畝(うね)列ずつ交互に栽培するものも混作の一種で，トウモロコシとダイズの交互作などが行われる。混ぜまきは粗放栽培に属する例が多く，最大の利点は災害に対する危険分散にある。交互作は単作より集約栽培に属するもので，匍匐(ほふく)性と直立性，浅根性と深根性，養分吸収の差などを利用し，風害などの災害を防ぎ，栽培環境をよくすることにより，単作より多収になる。

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