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Corn science
The science of growing corn as a crop.
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transgenic crop
Agriculture; Corn science
Contains a gene or genes which have been artificially inserted instead of the plant acquiring the gene(s) through pollination. The inserted gene(s) may come from an unrelated plant or from a ...
cash crop
Agriculture; Corn science
An agricultural crop grown to provide revenue from an off-farm source.
power take-off (PTO)
Agriculture; Corn science
A splined shaft that extends from a tractor drive train and is designed to couple with the splined drive shaft of an implement. The connection permits mechanical power to be transmitted from tractor ...
channel erosion
Agriculture; Corn science
Erosion in channels is mostly caused by downward scour due to flow shear stress. Side wall sluffing can also occur during widening of the channel caused by large flows.
sinkhole
Agriculture; Corn science
A surface depression caused by a collapse of soil or overlying formation above fractured or cavernous bedrock.
row crop
Agriculture; Corn science
Agricultural crop planted, usually with mechanical planting devices, in individual rows that are spaced to permit machine traffic during the early parts of the growing season
grazing
Agriculture; Corn science
Any vegetated land that is grazed or that has the potential to be grazed by animals.