Horticulture

Horticulture

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

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Crop nutrient uptake

Plants; Horticulture

Large quantities of nutrients are contained in the above ground portion of crops. Total nutrient demand is often referred to as crop nutrient uptake.

Critical deficiency limit

Plants; Horticulture

The lowest level of tissue nutrient content from which you can expect adequate growth. Below this, deficiencies are likely.

Crop nutrient recycling

Plants; Horticulture

Returning to the soil the nutrients contained in plant residues.

The common name for calcium sulfate, a mineral used in the fertiliser industry as a source of calcium and sulfur. Gypsum also is used widely in reclaiming alkali soils in the western United States. ...

Heterotrophic bacteria

Plants; Horticulture

A category of soil bacteria that obtain their energy and carbon directly from soil organic matter. Most soil bacteria fit in this category. The general-purpose decay and ammonifying bacteria are ...

Herbaceous stems

Plants; Horticulture

Herbaceous stems are soft and green. They consist largely of primary tissues which develop annually. They are usually slender or narrow in diameter with an outer covering of epidermal tissue.

Foliar diagnosis

Plants; Horticulture

Estimation of the nutrient status of a plant or the nutrient requirements of the soil for producing a crop through chemical analysis or colour manifestations of plant leaves, or by both methods.