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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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Available nutrient in soil/media
Plants; Horticulture
The part of the supply of a plant nutrient in the soil that can be taken up by plants at rates and in amounts significant to plant growth.
Available water in soil/media
Plants; Horticulture
The part of the water in the soil that can be taken up by plants at rates significant to their growth; usable; obtainable.
Controlled-release fertiliser
Plants; Horticulture
"Slow or Controlled Release Fertilizers. A fertiliser containing a plant nutrient in a form which delays its availability for plant uptake and use after application, or which delays its availability ...
Conventional tillage
Plants; Horticulture
Conventional tillage systems vary widely from region to region and crop to crop. The term conventional tillage originally implied use of the moldboard plow, disking, and harrowing to level the soil ...
Conventional agriculture
Plants; Horticulture
Conventional agriculture is composed of modern, site-specific, progressive, science-based production systems in which available and applicable technologies and inputs are used effectively and ...
