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Rice science
Of or relating to the science of rice cultivation.
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double transplanting
Agriculture; Rice science
Used when seedlings once transplanted are uprooted again some 2-4 weeks after the first transplanting and planted in the final field.
double awn (DA)
Agriculture; Rice science
Spikelets have awns developing on both lemma and palea. The awns may have unequal length.
dosage effect
Agriculture; Rice science
The effect of quantitative differential frequencies of alleles (or genes) on the phenotypic expression of the trait.
dorsal
Agriculture; Rice science
On or relating to the back or outer surface of an organ (See ventral).
dormancy
Agriculture; Rice science
A physical or physiological condition of a viable seed that suspends or prevents germination even in the presence of otherwise favorable germination conditions.
donor parent
Agriculture; Rice science
A target parent in the crossing program expected to contribute the desired characteristics, e.g. donor for resistance, quality, etc.
donor
Agriculture; Rice science
In plant breeding, a variety that serves as a source of characteristic such as insect resistance.
