Banana plants are interspersed among the manioc, avoiding the monoculture typical of industrialized agriculture. |
Brazilian agriculture has been going through a rapid process of modernization in recent years, with the expansion of intensive monoculture. |
Heirloom plants can also help buck the trend of monoculture, in which one variety is grown in vast fields. |
This huge monoculture is covering most of the middle West and a lot of the rest of the country like a second great American lawn. |
Comparisons between individual P. lanceolata or B. napus plants in monoculture and interspecific competition were made. |
Populations fluctuated with the extent of monoculture, choice of cultivars, and extent of parasites. |