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The spikelet appears triangular because the lemma is so shaped.
Industry:Agriculture
An experiment to determine or test the quality or performance of a specific variety, system, or crop rotation and its usefulness in increasing farmers' production.
Industry:Agriculture
A crop that is planted specifically to attract pests, rodents, or birds away from the main crop.
Industry:Agriculture
A general term denoting different effects which are to be compared or the effects or factors that are to be measured. (e.g., variety, fertilizer rates) or procedures (e.g., method of nitrogen application).
Industry:Agriculture
Transposable element in either prokaryote or eukaryote. May contain its own transposase enzyme gene. Usually is flanked by direct or indirect repeat sequences.
Industry:Agriculture
To remove seedlings from the nursery (seedbed) and plant them in the field either by hand or machine.
Industry:Agriculture
The process by which plants release water vapor to the atmosphere through surface pores (stomatal openings) in the plant foliage in response to atmospheric demand. The water of transpiration usually reaches a maximum value in the afternoon and a minimum value just before sunrise. Soil moisture content and plant characters, such as location and distribution of stomata, reduction of transpiration surface (leaf rolling), and plant age, affect transpiration rate.
Industry:Agriculture
Nutrients moved to growing points during seed germination.
Industry:Agriculture
Transmission of virus in the insect from one generation to the next through the egg.
Industry:Agriculture
