Rice science

Rice science

Of or relating to the science of rice cultivation.

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Permanent drought

Agriculture; Rice science

Occurs in desert regions where precipitation is less than potential evapotranspiration during all seasons and agriculture is not possible without irrigation.

Perisperm

Agriculture; Rice science

Distinguished from endosperm as the nutritive tissue of a seed derived from nucellus and deposited external to the embryo sac.

A shallow dish consisting of a cover and a bottom made of Pyrex glass (can withstand dry heat sterilization) used to culture microorganisms; also called culture dish. May be disposable and made of ...

Petal

Agriculture; Rice science

One of the divisions of the corolla, usually colored.

Pesticide

Agriculture; Rice science

Any substance used to control pests. It is a broad term that covers insecticide, herbicide, fungicide, bactericide, rodenticide, nematicide, etc.

Pedigree method (breeding)

Agriculture; Rice science

A system of breeding in which individual plants are selected in the segregating generations from a cross on the basis of their desirability judged individually and on the basis of a pedigree record.