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International Rice Research Institute
Industria: Agriculture
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An insect that actually transmits a viral disease.
Industry:Agriculture
A stage in a disease cycle when the pathogen penetrates and establishes a parasitic relationship with the host.
Industry:Agriculture
To introduce or contaminate the plant with a pathogen or disease-producing substance. To invade and establish a parasitic relationship with the host plant.
Industry:Agriculture
Any ingredient in a formulation which has no pesticidal activity.
Industry:Agriculture
Tillers that do not bear panicles.
Industry:Agriculture
Unpleasant, bad tasting, not possible to eat.
Industry:Agriculture
A type of pseudoresistance in which a plant temporarily acquires increased resistance from some conditions of plant or environment, such as change in soil fertility.
Industry:Agriculture
Native to a particular area.
Industry:Agriculture
Plants showing particular characteristics in response to specific soil or site conditions.
Industry:Agriculture
One of the two major ecogeographical races of Oryza sativa (see also japonica). The major type of rice grown in the tropics and subtropics. It has broad to narrow, light green leaves and tall to intermediate plant stature (except for the semidwarf). Indica plants tiller profusely. Grains are long to short, slender, somewhat flat, and awnless. Indica grains shatter easily and have 23-31% amylose content. They grow mostly in the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Java, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, central and southern China, African countries, and other tropical regions.
Industry:Agriculture