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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Residual basicity

Plants; Horticulture

The ultimate basicity that develops from fertiliser in a particular soil horizon after the residual salts are removed from that horizon by leaching.

Recycled water

Plants; Horticulture

Water that has been used for domestic, industrial, or agricultural purposes, but not exposed to extensive treatment prior to reuse.

Residual fertility

Plants; Horticulture

Available nutrient content of a soil carried over to the next crop after fertilising the previous crop.

Reclamation

Plants; Horticulture

The process of restoring lands to productivity by removing excess soluble salts or excess exchangeable sodium from soils.

Reducing agent

Plants; Horticulture

Substance that combines with oxygen or loses electrons and becomes oxidised in the process.

Subsoil

Plants; Horticulture

The underlying layers of the soil beneath the topsoil which may contain less organic matter and more characteristics of the soil's parent material. Subsoils tend to be lower in available nutrient ...

Many plants synthesise more plant materials than they require for their immediate growth. This excess food may be stored in the embryo, seed or other parts of the plant for further use. Some plants ...