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A sheath formed in the plant from the saliva released by the stylets of hoppers during feeding.
Industry:Agriculture
The stubble of crops or crop residues left on the soil as a surface cover before and during the preparation of the seedbed and at least partly during the growing of a succeeding crop.
Industry:Agriculture
The lower portion of the stems remaining in the field after the rice has been harvested.
Industry:Agriculture
A method of harvesting seed or leaf material where the seed or leaf is mechanically removed from plant in situ, usually by a comblike device.
Industry:Agriculture
The adult lays its eggs on the basal half of the leaves. The eggs hatch in about 5 days. The larva has three dorsal and two brownish abdominal stripes. The moth emerges after 5 days of pupation. The moth is straw-colored to light brown with silvery scales and several black dots at the tip of the forewing. The hindwing is yellowish-white. The moth lives for about 5 days. This stem borer has a life cycle of about 40 days. Scientific name: Chilo suppressalis.
Industry:Agriculture
Tillage operations performed in alternate strips of tilled and untilled soil.
Industry:Agriculture
Growing two or more crops simultaneously in strips that can be alternate; strips can be independently cultivated.
Industry:Agriculture
