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Olivier de Serres (1539 – 1619) was a French author and
soil scientist whose
Théâtre d'Agriculture was the text book of French agriculture in the 1600s. . The work was notable for its recommendation to wine growers that they plant 5-6 varieties in their vineyards to balance the risk of a crop failing, and the early advocating of
crop rotationCrop rotation or Crop sequencing is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar types of crops in the same area in sequential seasons for various benefits such as to avoid the build up of pathogens and pests that often occurs when one species is continuously cropped...
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