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International Rice Research Institute
Industry: Agriculture
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A method of applying irrigation water by which the field is alternately watered and drained. The soil surface is allowed to dry prior to the next application of water.
Industry:Agriculture
1). The characters or traits of the plant between two different levels. 2). A substance which is in a metabolic pathway between two other substances.
Industry:Agriculture
An area of higher ground between two rivers flowing into the same drainage system.
Industry:Agriculture
Shallow and often ephemeral and perched groundwater moving laterally.
Industry:Agriculture
Growing two or more crops simultaneously in alternating rows or sets of rows in the same plot (See also Mixed intercropping)
Industry:Agriculture
The use of plants capable of gene exchange by hybridization.
Industry:Agriculture
Between two different alleles of a gene, e.g. interallellic action is one which is influenced by two different alleles.
Industry:Agriculture
The differential response of two or more factors which is more than can be attributed to chance.
Industry:Agriculture
Something that covers or encloses, e.g., skin, husk, rind, outer layer of an insect.
Industry:Agriculture
A strategy that utilizes various tactics or control methods (cultural, biological, and chemical) in a harmonious way in which control actions are based on frequent monitoring of the pest. IPM depends on multidisciplinary ecological strategies to weigh the effect of each tactic, as part of the agroecosystem, in producing the least disturbance and yield loss in the long run.
Industry:Agriculture