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International Rice Research Institute
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A coarse-textured soil such as sandy soil.
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The stages in the growth and development of an organism that occur between the appearance of the individual and its reproduction or death.
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A gene whose effect is sufficiently drastic to kill the bearer of certain genotypes.
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A localized spot of diseased tissue on a plant.
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Pertaining to the insects in the order Lepidoptera.
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An order of insects with two pairs of scaly wings and spirally coiled haustellate (formed for sucking) mouth structure, which undergoes complete metamorphosis. The larva has a chewing type of mouth parts and is always pestiferous.
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Plant belonging to the family Leguminosae. Most legumes form a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria in specialized nodule structures that fix nitrogen.
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A segment of a compound leaf.
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The vascular bundles of the leaf. In monocotyledonous plants such as rice, leaf veins are seen as longitudinal ridges.
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Change in color from green to yellow or brown due to a reduction of metabolic activities in the plant preceding the death of the plant. Natural drying of the leaves due to crop maturity.
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