Rice science

Rice science

Of or relating to the science of rice cultivation.

Contributors in Rice science

Rice science

One of the two major ecogeographical races of O. sativa (see also indica).A group of rice varieties from northern and eastern China grown extensively in some areas of the world. It has narrow, dark ...

Itinerary of techniques

Agriculture; Rice science

The logical and well-ordered combination of techniques applied to a crop by the farmer to achieve a given production objective in a given environment.

Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ)

Agriculture; Rice science

Or intertropical discontinuity (ITD); a broad trough of low pressure at the confluence of the trade winds which moves north and south roughly parallel to the equator with the seasonal change in the ...

Isozyme

Agriculture; Rice science

Also called allozyme. An enzyme which exists in multiple electrophoretic forms either because of allelic variation within one polypeptide or multimeric associations of variant forms. Similar or ...

Iron toxicity

Agriculture; Rice science

Disorder that occurs when the iron concentration in the soil solution is high. The symptoms of iron toxicity are many tiny brown spots on the green leaves which start from the tips and develop into a ...