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International Rice Research Institute
Industry: Agriculture
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Has a high level or purity with little or no contamination of other varieties or species. Seeds give rise to genetically similar plants.
Industry:Agriculture
A method of selecting the best progeny for breeding from individual plants of a variety or cultivar.
Industry:Agriculture
1). A line that has been made almost completely homozygous by repeated self-pollination and selection of a specific type (or by the removal of off-types) over generations. 2). A group of identical individuals that always produce offsprings of the same phenotype when intercrossed.
Industry:Agriculture
The growth of a single species or strain of an organism in the absence of any other living species or strain.
Industry:Agriculture
pupae). A non-feeding and usually inactive stage in insect development which occurs between the larval and adult stages.
Industry:Agriculture
With a depression in the center.
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The dried edible seeds of cultivated legumes; applied especially to leguminous crops grown in tropical and subtropical Asia.
Industry:Agriculture
A small wheel that turns by a belt to transmit or apply power.
Industry:Agriculture
Turning the soil into a muddy or watertight paste through secondary tillage.
Industry:Agriculture
A soil whose structure has been mechanically destroyed, allowing the soil to run together when saturated with water. A soil that has been puddled is usually in a massive nonstructural state.
Industry:Agriculture