Rice science

Rice science

Of or relating to the science of rice cultivation.

Industry: Agriculture

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Lowland rice

Agriculture; Rice science

Rice grown on fields where water is held by bunds. About 30% of the world's rice is grown as rainfed lowland; about 45% as irrigated lowland. Some areas are flooded lowlands.

Lowland field

Agriculture; Rice science

A land area surrounded with dikes or levees to impound rain or irrigated water. An irrigated field surrounded by levees.

Mass rearing

Agriculture; Rice science

Rearing large numbers of insects, which serve as test organisms in varietal resistance studies.

Marker gene

Agriculture; Rice science

A gene with a clear-cut phenotype (and often a known location on a chromosome) that is used as a point of reference when mapping or selecting another gene at a nearby locus.

Marginate

Agriculture; Rice science

With a distinct margin.

Meander

Agriculture; Rice science

A loop-like bend in a river with a cliff or bluff on the outer curve and a gently shelving slope on the inner side of the bend. One of a series of approximately sinuous curves or windings in the ...