- Industry: Agriculture
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Mass of meristematic tissue at the stem or root tip where growth in length of the stem or root occurs.
Industry:Agriculture
Water from a catchment area that moves freely under the influence of gravity and enters the soil.
Industry:Agriculture
That portion of the water below the surface of the ground whose pressure is greater than atmospheric pressure.
Industry:Agriculture
An animal in West Africa that causes serious damage to rice crops by chewing the stems.
Industry:Agriculture
The process of evaluating varieties for resistance in the greenhouse, in contrast to field and screenhouse screening.
Industry:Agriculture
The process whereby short-wave radiation passes readily through the earth's atmosphere to surface areas, whereas the longer-wave outgoing radiation is absorbed and reradiated by water vapor, droplets and carbon dioxide, thus retaining heat in the atmosphere.
Industry:Agriculture
A large construction, usually made from glass, where plants are grown under controlled environmental conditions.
Industry:Agriculture
A term used to describe the success in increased crop production throughout Asia, commencing in the 1960s as a result of high-yielding rice varieties developed by IRRI and wheat varieties by CIMMYT.
Industry:Agriculture
Plant material incorporated into the soil while green or soon after maturity to improve the soil.
Industry:Agriculture
