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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Saline-alkali soil

Plants; Horticulture

A soil containing a high proportion of soluble salts and either a high degree of alkalinity or a high amount of exchangeable sodium (Na), or both, so that the growth of most crops is less than ...

A soil/media containing sufficient exchangeable sodium to interfere with the growth of most crop plants and containing appreciable quantities of soluble salts. The exchangeable sodium percentage is ...

Saline soil

Plants; Horticulture

A soil containing enough soluble salts to impair its productivity, but not containing an excess of exchangeable sodium. Its pH is less than 8.5. High concentrations of soluble salts in soil can ...

Saturated media extract (sme)

Plants; Horticulture

A method of soil/growing media extraction where the soil/growing medium is mixed with just enough water to make a paste, and then some of the water is vacuumed out or squeezed out for testing.

Salts

Plants; Horticulture

The products, other than water, of the reaction of an acid with a base. Salts commonly found in soils break up into cations (sodium, calcium, etc.) and anions (chloride, sulfate, etc.) when ...