Rice science

Rice science

Of or relating to the science of rice cultivation.

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Grain smut

Agriculture; Rice science

A disease of the rice grain caused by Ustilaginoidea virens. The grain becomes yellow-greenish or greenish-black velvety spore balls. Also called false smut.

Grain shape

Agriculture; Rice science

The physical shape of the rice grain--round or slender, etc.

Green manure

Agriculture; Rice science

Plant material incorporated into the soil while green or soon after maturity to improve the soil.

Green leafhopper

Agriculture; Rice science

A rice pest, Nephotettix spp., prevalent in Asia that can cause hopperburn and also pronounced yellowing and stunting, by transmitting the yellow dwarf virus and tungro diseases in rice.

A viral disease caused by rice grassy stunt virus (RGSV). The disease is transmitted by the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens. Grassy stunt is widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia and is ...

Grasses

Agriculture; Rice science

Plants of the family Gramineae (Poaceae) which range from small, twisted, erect, or creeping annuals to perennials. Stems are called culms with well-defined nodes and internodes. Leaves arise ...