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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controlled-release fertilizer

Plants; Horticulture

"Slow or Controlled Release Fertilizers. A fertilizer containing a plant nutrient in a form which delays its availability for plant uptake and use after application, or which ...

conventional agriculture

Plants; Horticulture

Conventional agriculture is composed of modern, site-specific, progressive, science-based production systems in which available and applicable technologies and inputs are used ...

conventional tillage

Plants; Horticulture

Conventional tillage systems vary widely from region to region and crop to crop. The term conventional tillage originally implied use of the moldboard plow, disking, and ...

cork

Plants; Horticulture

Another protective simple tissue is cork. This tissue is composed of cells which have their walls water-proofed by suberin. Since the function of this tissue is to protect the ...

coulter injection

Plants; Horticulture

Use of a narrow coulter and high pressure to place a fluid fertilizer in a vertical band from the soil surface to the depth of coulter penetration. A variation of banded ...