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Rice science
Of or relating to the science of rice cultivation.
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suppressive soils
Agriculture; Rice science
Soils in which certain diseases are prevented because of the presence in the soil of microorganisms antagonistic to the pathogen.
supplementary pollination
Agriculture; Rice science
The increase in pollination of the CMS spikelets done artificially by shaking the male parent at anthesis time particularly when wind velocity is less than optimum (2-3 m/s).
superimposed trials
Agriculture; Rice science
Experiments composed of a small set of treatments that evaluate the performance of alternative component technology for a cropping pattern. The treatments are added, generally without replication, on ...
summer fallow
Agriculture; Rice science
A special case of fallowing in which all vegetative growth is prevented by shallow cultivation during the summer months in order to conserve moisture.
sum of squares
Agriculture; Rice science
The sum or addition of the squares of the differences between the mean of a set of observations and individual observations.
sucker
Agriculture; Rice science
A shoot of the plant arising from below the ground; a parasite from a host plant.
