General agriculture

General agriculture

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Agriculture; General agriculture

The traits of the breeding plant or animal that are desirable in their progeny.

A farming system, common in the tropics, in which land is cleared, the debris burned, and crops grown for a relatively short period until yields decline. The land is then abandoned. The original land ...

Mixed cropping

Agriculture; General agriculture

The growing of several crops simultaneously in the same field but not in rows.

Molecular farming

Agriculture; General agriculture

Transgenic plants or transgenic animals that are grown to produce proteins and other industrial compounds for a variety of uses, such as pharmaceuticals, vaccines, industrial enzymes, blood thinners, ...

Intercropping

Agriculture; General agriculture

The growing of two or more different species of crops simultaneously, as in alternate rows in the same field or single tract of land.

Chocolate

Agriculture; General agriculture

A cocoa mixture usually including cocoa butter, cocoa liquor and a sweetener, most frequently used as a candy or flavoring. Includes bittersweet, semi-sweet chocolate. Cocoa content may vary.