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1). Increase in length of the upper stem internodes which begins before panicle initiation. This process is associated with exsertion of the panicles from the sheath to allow flowering and pollination. 2). Increase in length of internodes of deepwater rice in response to flooding.
Industry:Agriculture
Cutting open the stem to study its structures or evaluate internal damage.
Industry:Agriculture
An insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera that infects stems of rice. The adults of most stem borer species are nocturnal and are attracted to light, especially ultraviolet light. Deadhearts and whiteheads are two visible symptoms caused by stem borer larva infestation.
Industry:Agriculture
The main support structure of the aboveground part of a plant from which leaves, tillers or branches, flowers, and fruits develop.
Industry:Agriculture
Purified seed in storage for future multiplication; the available amount of seed.
Industry:Agriculture
1). An analysis and interpretation of numerical data used to define scientific experiments. 2). An orderly arrangement of facts collected for study in general information--e.g., production of a crop or a country.
Industry:Agriculture
A single datum or term in a collection of statistics. It is an estimate of a parameter made from a sample, with the quantity computed from a sample.
Industry:Agriculture
1). The major storage carbohydrate of plants; a polymer composed of D-glucose units occurring as amylopectin and amylose and found in chloroplasts, amyloplasts, and endosperm. 2). Major carbohydrate source for animals.
Industry:Agriculture
The crop grown as the basic diet of the population of a particular country or area.
Industry:Agriculture
An international system of classifying responses of rice to biological, chemical, and physical stresses, developed through cooperative efforts of rice scientists and published by IRRI in a booklet.
Industry:Agriculture
