Converse of object

• modify: It is the only genetically modified crop approved for use in India.

• grow: The problem is worst where farmers grow crops on weak, unstable soils on slopes in areas of high rainfall.

• sow: Peasants who lack capital are effectively restricted to sowing low-value crops, whilst the capitalist sector only produces more profitable crops.

• cultivate: At an altitude of 2,700m, cultivating crops is impossible and icy winds blow down from the jagged peaks that surround it.

Adjective modifier

• transgenic: Two countries, Portugal and Ukraine, which grew small introductory areas in 1999 did not report transgenic crops in 2000.

• arable: Index 2- is the critical value for most arable crops.

• non-GM: And its now clear that whatever industry claims, there are no safe distances between GM and non-GM crops.

• horticultural: Wherever horticultural crops are grown intensively, root knot nematodes are a problem.

• non-food: Date: 19 June 2006 Alternative ways to farming profit at the Royal Show There are real opportunities in non-food crops.

• staple: Today it's canola, tomorrow it could be the staple food crops of the poor.

Modifies a noun

• rotation: They revolve, each one at any moment suddenly becoming the center forward, rather like crop rotation.

• yield: The only way to do that is to increase crop yields - to do more, with less.

• circle: Crop circles have even been made under the noses of investigators.

• residue: Residues Table 2 shows the nitrogen levels of the soil and in the crop residues after a first crop of cauliflowers had been harvested.

Noun used with modifier

• biotech: Some farmers say it feels much longer than 10 years during which biotech crops have been planted in the United States.

• cereal: The first Cornish hedges appeared, enclosing land for cereal crops.

• bumper: Seven years of bumper crops are going to be followed by seven years of famine.

• Bt: The potential harm to beneficial insects caused by Bt crops is being further researched in several countries.

• forage: On a more general note, he says there are three clear priorities for livestock farmers seeking to improve the management of forage crops.

• oilseed: Asked whether or not the GM contaminated oilseed rape crops should be destroyed, 93 % said yes, 7 % said no.