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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crop nutrient budget

Plants; Horticulture

A balance sheet showing the nutrient applied to the crop and the nutrients removed by the crop. Only a portion of the nutrients needed by a crop is removed from the field at ...

crop nutrient recycling

Plants; Horticulture

Returning to the soil the nutrients contained in plant residues.

crop nutrient sources

Plants; Horticulture

Plants obtain essential nutrients from a number of sources including soil minerals, organic matter, commercial fertilizers, legumes (N), animal wastes, sewage sludge, and other ...

crop nutrient uptake

Plants; Horticulture

Large quantities of nutrients are contained in the above ground portion of crops. Total nutrient demand is often referred to as crop nutrient uptake.

crop residue management (crm)

Plants; Horticulture

A year-round system beginning with the selection of crops that produce sufficient quantities of residue and may include limited secondary harvest of residue. CRM includes all ...

cross section of herbaceous stems

Plants; Horticulture

Since herbaceous stems are mostly of primary growth tissues, its cross section is very much like the cross section of a growing root. It has an epidermis, cortex, stele with ...

cross section of root

Plants; Horticulture

A vertical or cross section of a root shows a structure which is composed of epidermis, cortex, endodermis, pericycle, xylem, phloem and parenchyma tissues. In time, the older ...