- Industria: Agriculture
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A rice variety that is short in stature (with a plant height of 85±5 cm).
Industry:Agriculture
A disease caused by rice dwarf virus (RDV). The disease is transmitted by leafhoppers and is characterized by pronounced stunting, reduced tillering, and irregular chlorotic specks on leaves and leaf sheaths. These specks may fuse to form broken streaks that run parallel to leaf veins. Rice dwarf disease occurs in Japan, China, Nepal, and Korea.
Industry:Agriculture
A powderlike formulation which may consist of (1) only toxic agents, such as sulfur, (2) toxic agents plus an active diluent which serves as a carrier, or (3) toxic agent plus an inert diluent which may be in the form of talc or clay.
Industry:Agriculture
Any resistance which remains effective in a cultivar that is widely grown for a long period of time in an environment favorable to disease or insect pests. This definition emphasizes the need to observe what happens to crops when they are widely grown over a period of crop seasons.
Industry:Agriculture
Collected samples from different sources which belong to the same variety as indicated by name, site of collection or origin, and morpho-agronomic characters.
Industry:Agriculture
1). Pertaining to soils rarely or never flooded, or to crops grown in such soils. 2). land that, except for limited periods, does not hold moisture in the rooting zone in excess of that held at field capacity.
Industry:Agriculture
Crop grown where there is free water drainage of the soil and the crop depends mainly on the rains.
Industry:Agriculture
The practice of crop production in low-rainfall areas without irrigation.
Industry:Agriculture
