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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millimhos per centimeter (mmhos/cm)

Plants; Horticulture

One-thousandth of a mhos per centimeter. The unit most commonly used to express electrical conductivity in the past or on older conductivity meters. The current trend is to use ...

minerals

Plants; Horticulture

Substances from mineral contents of earth's crust or soil (minerals are inorganic, mostly crystalline substances).

mobile

Plants; Horticulture

A term used to describe the translocation of a nutrient in plants where the nutrient can travel up the stem and into organs via the xylem and also can be loaded into the phloem to ...

mobility

Plants; Horticulture

Term that describes whether a nutrient is mobile or immobile.

model-based irrigation control

Plants; Horticulture

An automated irrigation system that is turned on and off based on mathematical models that predict water loss. The model takes into account environmental and plant factors.

phloem

Plants; Horticulture

The downward conducting tissues in the leaves, stems and roots are called phloem. Such tissues are composed of sieve tubes, companion, fiber and parenchyma cells. The sieve ...