Abstract
Vegetative agriculture is one of agricultural production systems with the main aim of harvesting vegetative organs or tissues of plant such as herbages of forage crops, green fodders, vegetables and ornamental plants. Compared to the conventional crop production system with the main aim of harvesting grains vegetative agriculture has less strict requirements of light intensity, temperature and rainfall and has longer growing season available for the crops during a year. Therefore, vegetative agriculture normally has higher crop yields and better economical returns than grain agriculture by use of local climate, arable land and biological resources more rationally. This is especially so in the regions where are not very suitable for grain productions due to less sunshine hours or lower daily temperatures than the crop required during the growing season. Vegetative agriculture will play more important role in promoting grassland livestock production, improving ecological environments and enhancing agricultural sustainability in China.
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Claim · model-written summary
Vegetative agriculture has less strict requirements of light intensity, temperature and rainfall than grain production.
Verbatim
e0“Compared to the conventional crop production system with the main aim of harvesting grains vegetative agriculture has less strict requirements of light intensity, temperature and rainfall and has longer growing season available for the crops during a year.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vegetative agriculture has longer growing season available for the crops than grain production.
Verbatim
e0“Compared to the conventional crop production system with the main aim of harvesting grains vegetative agriculture has less strict requirements of light intensity, temperature and rainfall and has longer growing season available for the crops during a year.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vegetative agriculture normally gives higher crop yields than grain agriculture.
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e0“Therefore, vegetative agriculture normally has higher crop yields and better economical returns than grain agriculture by use of local climate, arable land and biological resources more rationally.”
e1“This is especially so in the regions where are not very suitable for grain productions due to less sunshine hours or lower daily temperatures than the crop required during the growing season.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vegetative agriculture normally gives higher economical returns than grain agriculture.
Verbatim
e0“Therefore, vegetative agriculture normally has higher crop yields and better economical returns than grain agriculture by use of local climate, arable land and biological resources more rationally.”
e1“This is especially so in the regions where are not very suitable for grain productions due to less sunshine hours or lower daily temperatures than the crop required during the growing season.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors expect vegetative agriculture to promote livestock production, ecology, and sustainability in China.
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e0“Vegetative agriculture will play more important role in promoting grassland livestock production, improving ecological environments and enhancing agricultural sustainability in China.”