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International Rice Research Institute
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A method of harvesting seed or leaf material where the seed or leaf is mechanically removed from plant in situ, usually by a comblike device.
Industry:Agriculture
The adult lays its eggs on the basal half of the leaves. The eggs hatch in about 5 days. The larva has three dorsal and two brownish abdominal stripes. The moth emerges after 5 days of pupation. The moth is straw-colored to light brown with silvery scales and several black dots at the tip of the forewing. The hindwing is yellowish-white. The moth lives for about 5 days. This stem borer has a life cycle of about 40 days. Scientific name: Chilo suppressalis.
Industry:Agriculture
Tillage operations performed in alternate strips of tilled and untilled soil.
Industry:Agriculture
Growing two or more crops simultaneously in strips that can be alternate; strips can be independently cultivated.
Industry:Agriculture
Term used to define the accuracy of nucleic acid interactions in southern or northern hybridization experiments.
Industry:Agriculture
Marked with fine longitudinal lines or ridges.
Industry:Agriculture
The dry stems and leaves of a rice plant that have been harvested and discarded from threshing.
Industry:Agriculture
The state or condition of injury caused by detrimental effects of environmental factors such as drought, excess water, temperature, and others.
Industry:Agriculture
The process of dividing a population into relative homogeneous subgroups to increase sampling efficiency.
Industry:Agriculture
A group of plants within a variety that share common, recognizable features in morpho-agronomic characters, physiological differences, or reactions to specific disease pathogens or insect pests. A strain, may include several lines with similar features.
Industry:Agriculture