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Evaluation of varieties or breeding lines for resistance where the resistant ones are selected for further studies and possible use as donors in the breeding program and the susceptible are eliminated.
Industry:Agriculture
Process of accepting or rejecting rice cultivars or breeding lines for future use. (See evaluation.)
Industry:Agriculture
A compact mass of fungal hyphae with or without host tissue, usually with a darkened rind, and capable of surviving under unfavorable environmental conditions.
Industry:Agriculture
Grains containing aromatic substances in the endosperm which give a strong aroma when the polished rice is cooked.
Industry:Agriculture
To loosen the topsoil aggregates by means of raking the soil surface with a set of sharp teeth harrows or other instrument.
Industry:Agriculture
Treatment to rupture the seed coat sufficiently to permit entry of water to initiate germination.
Industry:Agriculture
An electron microscope in which a beam of focused electrons moves across the object and the electrons scattered by the object being collected to form a three-dimensional image on a cathode-ray tube.
Industry:Agriculture
1). A highly modified leaf, usually sessile and dry. 2). The range of damage ratings, based on a numerical system, usually 0-9 where 0 = no plant damage and 9 = severe damage (all plants killed).
Industry:Agriculture
A leaf disease in rice incited by a fungus known as Rhynchosporium oryzae. The lesion occurs very often at the margin or tip of the leaf. The typical lesions form characteristic zonations or bands as they spread and enlarge on leaves of susceptible varieties. Rice varieties with broad leaves appear to be more susceptible to leaf scald.
Industry:Agriculture
