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International Rice Research Institute
Industry: Agriculture
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A deposit of sand and gravel accumulating on the inside of a river meander and usually separated from the river bank by a rough or swale.
Industry:Agriculture
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A dry, usually elongated fruit.
Industry:Agriculture
A specialized root that grows vertically into the air from roots embedded in the mud.
Industry:Agriculture
Derived from pluvia of rain; descriptive of a land type where water contributed by rain or irrigation does not stay for more than 3 hours on the soil even if the soil has been worked wet (See dryland).
Industry:Agriculture
Upland rice that depends only on rainfall for water supply.
Industry:Agriculture
Pertaining to rain,; also pertaining to land that receives water almost wholly directly from rain.
Industry:Agriculture
The embryonic leaves of the young plant in the embryo. It is enclosed by the coleoptile.
Industry:Agriculture
The plowing and planting of land in a single trip over the field by drawing both plowing and planting tools with the same power sources.
Industry:Agriculture
Tilling soil without plowing so that the crop residue will be left on the surface.
Industry:Agriculture
A hard layer of soil at 15-20 cm depth developed through continuous plowing at the same depth. It reduces downward water loss during flooding and prevents penetration of roots.
Industry:Agriculture