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International Rice Research Institute
Отрасли: Agriculture
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The set of techniques performed on plots which are handled in an identical way. Each cropping system is defined by the kind of crops and their succession order and the itineraries of techniques applied to these several crops, including the choice of varieties for selected crops.
Industry:Agriculture
A hybrid between two genetically dissimilar parents.
Industry:Agriculture
In insect rearing, a situation where a culture of one insect species is infested with insects of another species.
Industry:Agriculture
The tillage of a field, orchard, etc., in which the field is cultivated in one direction followed by cultivation at right angles to the first.
Industry:Agriculture
Codes or numbers assigned to crosses made in a breeding program as a means to identify the crosses, usually with a letter prefix to identify the research institute followed by a number.
Industry:Agriculture
The crop production activity of a farm. It comprises all components required for the production of a set of crops in a farm and the relationship between the crops and the environment. These components include all necessary physical and biological factors as well as technology, labor, and management.
Industry:Agriculture
A planned sequence of growing crops in a regularly recurring succession on the same area of land, as contrasted to continuous culture of one crop or growing different crops in a haphazard order.
Industry:Agriculture
The spatial and temporal combination of crops on a plot and the management used to produce them.
Industry:Agriculture
Absorption of soil nutrients by crops.
Industry:Agriculture
The operation and management of crop land to remove stubble, stalks, and other crop residue or maintain them on the surface to prevent wind and water erosion, to conserve water, and to decrease evaporation.
Industry:Agriculture