Horticulture

Horticulture

Of or pertaining to the business, science, and technology of intensely cultivating plants for the use of humans.

Industry: Plants

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Distillation

Plants; Horticulture

A water purification process where water is heated into vapour form (which leaves impurities behind) and is then condensed to produce purified water.

The uptake by a plant of an essential nutrient in amounts exceeding what is needs. Thus if potassium is abundant in the soil, alfalfa may take in more than is required. A phenomenon brought about by ...

Matric tension

Plants; Horticulture

The negative suction pressure or tension developed in soil/growing media due to the attraction of water into capillary pores or adsorbed onto surfaces. It is measured in Pascals (preferred method), ...

Lisa

Plants; Horticulture

Acronym for Low Input Sustainable Agriculture. Farming systems that economise on the use of manufactured inputs, notably fertilisers and pesticides, but also chemicals used to prevent livestock ...

Meristematic region

Plants; Horticulture

Back of the root cap is a mass of cubical thin-walled cells which contain much protoplasm. These meristematic cells divide rapidly by mitosis (a cell wall develops across the centre of a cell and ...

Low

Plants; Horticulture

Volume Irrigation -Irrigation system including drip, micro sprinklers, misters or foggers, or any system that is designed to apply water in or near the rooting zone in relatively precise amounts with ...

Macronutrient

Plants; Horticulture

One of the six essential elements required by plants in larger quantities (0.2 to 7%). They are: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and sulphur (S).