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International Rice Research Institute
Industry: Agriculture
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A homogeneous mixture formed by mixing a solid, liquid, or gaseous substance with a liquid or sometimes with a gas or solid.
Industry:Agriculture
The electrically charged form of an atom or group of atoms that exists in solution.
Industry:Agriculture
Growing one crop alone or in pure stand, either as a single crop or as a sequence of single crops within the year.
Industry:Agriculture
The energy given off by the sun. The sun exerts an energy level of about 2 cal/cm2 per minute on the earth's surface.
Industry:Agriculture
The quality of soil, keeps it from packing together.
Industry:Agriculture
The relative proportions of sand, silt, and clay particles in a soil.
Industry:Agriculture
A chemical, physical, or microbiological operation which estimates the properties of the soil pertinent to the suitability of the soil to support plant growth.
Industry:Agriculture
The combination or arrangement of individual soil particles into definable aggregates or peds which are characterized and classified according to size, shape, and degree of distinctness.
Industry:Agriculture
Groups of mineral particles separated on the basis of range in size. The principal separates are sand, silt, and clay.
Industry:Agriculture
The science dealing with soils as a natural source on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping, and the physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils per se and these properties in relation to their management for crop production.
Industry:Agriculture