Explain the following terms. With which crop do you associate them?

1. Ginning
2. Retting
3. Clonal planting
4. Ratooning
5. Fine plucking
6. Bud grafting

1. Ginning — It is the process in which fibre is separated from the seed/raw material. It is done by roller gins. Ginning is associated with cotton.
2. Retting — It is a microbiological process in which the jute bundles are submerged in soft clean water for 2-3 weeks. This helps to loosen the outer bark and helps in removal of the fibre from the stalk. This process is associated with Jute.
3. Clonal planting — It is the method where cutting are taken from good high yielding mpther plant rather than seeds. It is associated with Tea.
4. Ratooning — It is a method of Sugarcane cultivation in which the sugarcane is cut leaving the root intact in soil. It is associated with Sugarcane.
5. Fine plucking — Plucking of two youngest leaves with a bud is called fine plucking. It is done in Tea.
6. Bud grafting — In Bud grafting, a strip of bark of a good yielding plant containing a bud is inserted under the bark of a young seedling. It is done in rubber plant.