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Horticulture
Of or pertaining to the business, science, and technology of intensely cultivating plants for the use of humans.
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No-till
Plants; Horticulture
The soil is left undisturbed from harvest to planting except for nutrient injection. Planting or drilling is accomplished in a narrow seed bed or slot created by coulters, row cleaners, disc ...
Conductivity, electrical
Plants; Horticulture
A physical quantity that measures the readiness with which a medium transmits electricity. Commonly used for expressing the salinity of irrigation waters and soil extracts because it can be directly ...
Conditions for photosynthesis
Plants; Horticulture
The direct conditions necessary for photosynthesis are: carbon dioxide (from air), water (mostly from roots), favourable temperature (5 to 40 C or 40 to 105 F), light or energy from the sun (only ...
Ridge-till
Plants; Horticulture
The soil is left undisturbed from harvest to planting except for nutrient injection. Planting is completed in a seedbed prepared on ridges with sweeps, disc openers, coulters or two cleaners. ...
Complex group
Plants; Horticulture
The complex plant groups have a more complex or advanced stage of development and are found mostly on land. They have much more complex structure, including conducting tissue and embryos. The seed ...
Colloid
Plants; Horticulture
Soil particles (organic or inorganic) having small diameters ranging from 0.10 to 0.005 micron. characterised by high cation exchange capacity. Colloids have a vast surface area per unit mass, which ...
Complex permanent tissues
Plants; Horticulture
When a permanent tissue is composed of several kinds of cells which make simple tissue, they form a complex permanent tissue. The two important complex permanent tissues are xylem and phloem.
