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International Rice Research Institute
Industry: Agriculture
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The solution obtained through suction of soil saturated with water.
Industry:Agriculture
A vertical section of the soil cutting through all its horizons and extending into the parent material.
Industry:Agriculture
The capacity of the soil, in its normal environment, to produce a specified plant or sequence of plants under a specified system of management. It emphasizes the capacity of the soil to produce crops and is expressed in terms of yield.
Industry:Agriculture
All organisms living in the soil, including plants and animals.
Industry:Agriculture
Water contained in the soil, expressed as a percentage of weight of water per unit weight of dry soil or the percentage of volume of water per unit volume of bulk soil.
Industry:Agriculture
A subspecialization of soil science concerned with soil-inhabiting microorganisms and their relation to agriculture, including both plant and animal growth.
Industry:Agriculture
A soil layer with clear and relatively uniform character running roughly parallel to the soil surface.
Industry:Agriculture
The case where soil in a relatively small area varies greatly in texture, fertility, topography, moisture content, and drainage. Lowers the precision of results in ricefield experiments.
Industry:Agriculture
A tool for taking soil samples.
Industry:Agriculture
The growing of only one crop in a given place in one year.
Industry:Agriculture