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International Rice Research Institute
Industry: Agriculture
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Mouthparts with well-developed mandible for chewing.
Industry:Agriculture
An individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution.
Industry:Agriculture
The process by which certain nutrient elements in a soil are converted from their available form to unavailable form. Examples are potassium, ammonium, and phosphorus fixation.
Industry:Agriculture
A measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of inorganic and organic matter present in water or wastewater.
Industry:Agriculture
The systematic name of a chemical compound according to the rules of nomenclature set by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Industry:Agriculture
A process where a chemical substance changes into simpler compounds or constituent elements.
Industry:Agriculture
Pincer-like.
Industry:Agriculture
1). A row or plot of a selected variety included in an experiment for comparison with other treatments. 2). A standard for testing and evaluation.
Industry:Agriculture
A manually operated (usually pulled) light tool (common in Laguna, Philippines) used to mark the soft ricefield surface in perpendicular directions to form a grid; used as guide for transplanting of rice seedlings.
Industry:Agriculture
A planting pattern where each hill is aligned in rows and columns and if the row and column are equidistant, each hill has also diagonal alignments.
Industry:Agriculture