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International Rice Research Institute
Industry: Agriculture
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The action of spreading seeds, fertilizer, or pesticides on the surface of the field at random, by hand or by machine.
Industry:Agriculture
Deepwater rice sown in March and April alone or mixed with aus and transplanted in May after boro rice is harvested. It grows in the monsoon floodwater with depths from 0.5 up to 4.0 m from June to September and generally harvested during November and December. Some of these rices are photoperiod-sensitive.
Industry:Agriculture
A method of planting in which the seeds or seedlings are dropped or thrown over the entire surface area of the field.
Industry:Agriculture
The art and science of improving plants and animals genetically for the benefit of mankind.
Industry:Agriculture
A genetic line bred in a crossing program, before it is named and officially released for commercial cultivation.
Industry:Agriculture
A short and blunt seta. A stiff hair.
Industry:Agriculture
Culm that break easily, particularly at maturity, due to low content of a-cellulose in cell walls.
Industry:Agriculture
To apply seeds or granules by hand or machine over a surface area. To spread randomly.
Industry:Agriculture
A particular type or variety. An artificial mating group derived from a common ancestor for genetic study and domestication.
Industry:Agriculture
Seed of the highest genetic purity produced for maintaining purity of a variety. It is used to produce foundation seed.
Industry:Agriculture