Rice science

Rice science

Of or relating to the science of rice cultivation.

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Disease resistance

Agriculture; Rice science

Ability of the plant to survive and grow without symptoms of the disease that has infected it.

Disease severity

Agriculture; Rice science

The degree of infection of disease in an individual plant; refers to the area of plant tissue affected by the disease expressed as % of the total area assessed.

Discoloration

Agriculture; Rice science

The changing of colour of grains, leaves, or stems due to disease, weather, water stress, insect damage, or lack of nutrients.

Discrete data

Agriculture; Rice science

Observations made by categorising subjects so that there is a distinct interval between any two possible values (c.f. continuous data).

Direct seeding

Agriculture; Rice science

A system of planting rice in which seeds, either pregerminated or dry, are broadcast or sown directly in the field, with either dryland or wetland preparation; no transplanting process is involved.

Disease cycle

Agriculture; Rice science

The sequence of events that occurs between the time of infection and the final expression of the disease.

Disease incidence

Agriculture; Rice science

1). The frequency of occurrence of a disease; commonly, the proportion of plants affected in a given population. 2). The number of plant units infected expressed as % of the total number of plant ...