Wilt

Wilt

A characteristic of the plant indicated by drooping, folding, rolling, or collapsing leaves due to an unfavourable water balance.

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wilt

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Drooping of stems and foliage due to loss of water and decreased turgidity of cells. May be caused by water stress or by disease.

wilt

Plants; Plant pathology

Drooping of leaves and stems from lack of water (inadequate water supply or excessive transpiration);

wilt

Agriculture; Rice science

A characteristic of the plant indicated by drooping, folding, rolling, or collapsing leaves due to an unfavorable water balance.

wilting

Agriculture; Rice science

The loss of turgidity in plant tissue where the intake of water is insufficient to replace that lost by transpiration or other means, causing a deflation of the plant cells.

wilt

Garden; Gardening

A plant disease. This can be caused by bacteria or fungi. Many are carried by insects.

wilted

Tourism & hospitality; Travel services

something or someone who was deprived of energy or vigor

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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