Brood

In insects, a group of individuals of a given species which have hatched into young or have become adult at approximately the same time and which live together in a defined and ...

brood

Food (other); Eggs

The group of young hatched from a clutch of eggs.

brood

Animals; Insects

Individual insects that hatch from the same mother at approximately the same time.

watershed

Agriculture; Rice science

The total area from which a single river collects surface water runoff; the catchment or drainage area of a river system.

watershed degradation

Agriculture; Rice science

A marked deterioration in the hydrological behavior of a river system which reduces the potential of land and water by causing a water flow of inferior quality, quantity and ...

waterlogging

Agriculture; Rice science

Impeded drainage; or soil saturated with water but not necessarily with standing water.

waterlogged field

Agriculture; Rice science

A field which continuously has standing water and cannot be drained. The water level may not be deep.

water use efficiency

Agriculture; Rice science

1). Expressed in terms of dry matter or harvested portion of the crop produced per unit of water consumed. 2). Ratio of the water used for evapotranspiration, seepage, and ...

water table

Agriculture; Rice science

The upper surface of ground water and the level below it where the soil is saturated with water.

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The National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Television network that was an original proponent of the ACTV ATV schemes. NBC was also the first network to announce its intention to shift from NTSC ...