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Rice science
Of or relating to the science of rice cultivation.
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Opaque
Agriculture; Rice science
Impervious to the rays of visible light: not transparent or translucent, e.g., the glutinous endosperm of the rice grain.
Ontogeny
Agriculture; Rice science
The sum of individual morphogenic processes and event, that describe plant development from seed germination through maturity.
Outbreeding
Agriculture; Rice science
A system of breeding that involves crossing unrelated parents.
Outbreak
Agriculture; Rice science
A sudden increase in pest population resulting in economic damage to the rice crop.
Osmosis
Agriculture; Rice science
The passage of water or another solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a region of low solute concentration to a region of high solute concentration.
Oryza nivara
Agriculture; Rice science
An annual wild species of rice from South and Southeast Asia which is the only known source of resistance for the grassy stunt virus biotype one.
Paddy
Agriculture; Rice science
1). Wetland rice. 2). Bunded and levelled field used for cultivation of rice. The original meaning of paddy (Malay padis) is threshed, unhulled rice.
