Plants

Plants

Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion.

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nephelometric turbidity units (ntu)

Plants; Horticulture

A standard unit of measure of the turbidity or clarity of water based on scattering of light by suspended particles of colloids, silica, bacteria, or mineral precipitates. NTU is ...

nesting

Plants; Horticulture

Pockets or very large granules of solid fertilizers placed below the soil surface. Research has indicated superior performance for subsurface placement of large urea granules or ...

net venations

Plants; Horticulture

In the net form of venations, the veins branch out many ways and form a network of veins in the leaf. The net venation may have only midrib or main vein from which the smaller ...

neutral soil

Plants; Horticulture

A soil with a high percentage (80% to 90%) of the exchange capacity occupied by calcium and magnesium ions and a soil pH near 7.0. There are 5 to 10 times as many calcium ions as ...

nitrate

Plants; Horticulture

An inorganic nitrogen fertilizer (NO3-). The form of nitrogen found in most soils/growing media.

nitrogen fixation

Plants; Horticulture

Generally, the conversion of free nitrogen to nitrogen compounds. Specifically in soils, the assimilation of free nitrogen from the soil air by soil organisms and the formation ...

nitrification inhibitor

Plants; Horticulture

Compounds such as 2-chloro-6 (trichloromethyl) pyridine (nitrapyrin) and dicyandiamide that delay bacterial oxidation of the ammonium ion (NH4+) to nitrite (NO2-) and thus slow ...