- Industry: Agriculture
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Roots arising from the nodes at the base of the plant.
Industry:Agriculture
A shield-shaped organ of the embryo of grass. It is often viewed as a highly modified cotyledon in monocotyledons.
Industry:Agriculture
Evaluation of varieties or breeding lines for resistance where the resistant ones are selected for further studies and possible use as donors in the breeding program and the susceptible are eliminated.
Industry:Agriculture
A structure consisting of wire mesh (screen) walls and roof in which plants are grown for varietal resistance studies. The materials used prevent the entrance of birds, rats, and insects.
Industry:Agriculture
Process of accepting or rejecting rice cultivars or breeding lines for future use. (See evaluation.)
Industry:Agriculture
A compact mass of fungal hyphae with or without host tissue, usually with a darkened rind, and capable of surviving under unfavorable environmental conditions.
Industry:Agriculture
Grains containing aromatic substances in the endosperm which give a strong aroma when the polished rice is cooked.
Industry:Agriculture
Applied to leaves or leaflike parts that are not green, but thin, dry, membranous, and often more or less translucent.
Industry:Agriculture
To loosen the topsoil aggregates by means of raking the soil surface with a set of sharp teeth harrows or other instrument.
Industry:Agriculture
