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International Rice Research Institute
Industry: Agriculture
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To take in by chemical or molecular action or use as nourishment in the physiological processes of the plant.
Industry:Agriculture
The process by which a substance passes from one system into another, e.g., from the soil solution into a plant's root cell or from the leaf surface into the leaf cells.
Industry:Agriculture
Growth that deviates from the normal type or form due to various environmental factors such as disease, pests, soil condition, humidity, temperature, etc.
Industry:Agriculture
The number of individual cells that give rise to colonies relative to the number of cells plated; expressed in percentage.
Industry:Agriculture
A fungal disease of rice which is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped lesions. The lesion develops a grayish center and a brownish margin.
Industry:Agriculture
Cell formed by the union of two gametes and the individual developing from this cell.
Industry:Agriculture
Insufficient zinc in the plant tissue causes the midribs of the young rice leaves to become chlorotic especially at the base, brown blotches and streaks occur in the lower leaves, growth is stunted, tillering is reduced, leaf blade size is reduced, and uneven growth occurs.
Industry:Agriculture
The expected capacity of the plant to produce a certain quantity of grain.
Industry:Agriculture
Transverse, alternating chlorotic bands on seedling leaves which later disappear.
Industry:Agriculture
A practice where planting or seeding is directly done in untilled land.
Industry:Agriculture