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A nutrient element absorbed by the plant in large amounts, often more than 0.1 % of its dry weight. The following are considered macroelements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and sulfur.
Industry:Agriculture
The absorption by plants of nutrients in excess of their need for growth.
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Terms commonly used in connection with rice culture to denote flooded (paddy) vs unflooded conditions.
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Rice grown on fields where water is held by bunds. About 30% of the world's rice is grown as rainfed lowland; about 45% as irrigated lowland. Some areas are flooded lowlands.
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Partially divided into usually rounded or obtuse segments but not deeply enough to form separate entities.
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The body (accumulation) of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field.
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