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Thinning in mixed plantations are:
Correct answer: C. Both (a) & (b)
- A. It is hardly impossible that mixed plant have same height
- B. Ordinary thinning is not applied as it deprives of slow growing spp.
- C. Both (a) & (b)
- D. None of these
Explanation
Species in a mixed plantation usually differ in height and growth rate, so ordinary thinning may remove slower-growing species simply because they are suppressed. Thinning must therefore consider species and crop objectives rather than height alone.
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