Rice science

Rice science

Of or relating to the science of rice cultivation.

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Rice science

A planting of trees, shrubs, or other vegetation, usually perpendicular or nearly so, to the principal wind direction, to protect soil, crops, homesteads, roads, etc., against the effects of winds, ...

Wilting point

Agriculture; Rice science

Reached when the soil cannot supply enough water to balance the plant's losses by transpiration.

Wilting coefficient

Agriculture; Rice science

The percentage of water necessary for a plant that has begun to wilt to recover, if that water is supplied.

Wilting

Agriculture; Rice science

The loss of turgidity in plant tissue where the intake of water is insufficient to replace that lost by transpiration or other means, causing a deflation of the plant cells.