- Industry: Agriculture
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1). An implement that accomplishes primary and secondary tillage in one operation. 2). A tillage operation employing power-driven rotary motion of the tillage tool to loosen, shatter, and mix the soil.
Industry:Agriculture
A tillage operation employing ground-driven rotary motion of the tillage tool to shatter and mix soil and control small weed seedlings.
Industry:Agriculture
A cluster of radiating leaves, usually arising at or close to the ground.
Industry:Agriculture
The pressure in the xylem as a result of metabolic activity in the root.
Industry:Agriculture
The small enlargement or swelling on roots of legumes produced as a result of infection by nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Industry:Agriculture
Small hairs that grow from a main root. The tubular or filamentous outgrowth of epidermal cell or root that has immediate contact with soil particles assisting in the absorption of water and minerals on the surface of the root. The root hair is short-lived and replaced.
Industry:Agriculture
The soil profile modified by tillage or amendments for more effective use by plant roots.
Industry:Agriculture
The underground part of a seed plant body that originates usually from the hypocotyl, and functions as an organ of absorption, aeration, and food storage or as a means of anchorage and support. Types: a) primary. the root developing from the radicle that first appear from the seed; b) secondary. developing from the primary root; branch roots; c) tap. a primary root that enlarges and grows downward.
Industry:Agriculture
