Impact of Weather and Climate on Plantation Crops in the Humid Tropics

Of the various weather elements affecting crops, temperature and rainfall are perhaps the most important. It is the reason for the development of special flora and fauna in different climatic zones of the world as seen in the tropical, temperate and frigid zones. The tropical regions get abundant solar heat and the vegetation is high while it is low in the temperate regions. The vegetation is very little in the frigid zones. Similarly, natural vegetation is at its poor growth in the arid climates and is better in the humid tropics. Xerophytes are confined to the Arid Climates where low rainfall is seen, while hydrophytes are confined to the humid tropics.