To rotate crops

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transitive verb (agriculture / agronomy)

Definition

To divide an agricultural land into several equal plots (called soles) and establish a systematic, periodic, and planned rotation of crops on these fields over several years; this technical process is essential for maintaining soil fertility, preventing the depletion of nutrients, and naturally combating pests and weeds.

Bilingual Equivalents

  • To rotate crops
  • To partition into soles

Grammatical & Source Details

Inflection Type Transitive verb, first conjugation, with regular morphological variations in the present indicators.
Formation Derived from the noun base 'solă' (plot) using the traditional verbalizing structural prefix 'a-'.
Spelling / Pronunciation [a.so.ˈla]
Source Manual of Modern Agronomy and Sustainable Crop Management

Contextual Usage Examples

RO: Pentru a obține o producție maximă de cereale, inginerul a decis să asoleze terenul fermei în patru zone distincte.

EN: To obtain maximum grain production, the engineer decided to divide the farm's land into four distinct crop rotation plots.

RO: Dacă nu asolezi corect pământul și cultivi floarea-soarelui an de an pe aceeași parcelă, rispnești nutrienții solului.

EN: If you do not rotate crops correctly and cultivate sunflower year after year on the same plot, you waste the soil's nutrients.

RO: Tehnicile moderne impun obligația de a asola suprafețele mari pentru a reduce dependența de îngrășăminte chimice.

EN: Modern techniques mandate the obligation to rotate large crop areas to reduce dependency on chemical fertilizers.

Idioms & Phrases

A asola un teren degradat / To rotate crops on a degraded land

RO: Aplicarea unui plan agronomice de urgență prin alternarea plantelor leguminoase pentru refacerea azotului din sol.

EN: Applying an emergency agronomic plan by alternating leguminous plants to restore nitrogen in the soil.

Plan de a asola / Crop rotation scheduling

RO: Documentație tehnică realizată de fermieri care stabilește ordinea exactă a culturilor pe sole pentru următorul ciclu.

EN: Technical documentation produced by farmers establishing the exact order of crops on plots for the next cycle.

Obligația de a asola / Mandatory crop rotation

RO: Normă ecologică impusă de standardele europene pentru subvenții, cu scopul de a proteja biodiversitatea solului.

EN: An ecological norm imposed by European subsidy standards, with the aim of protecting soil biodiversity.

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