- Industri: Agriculture
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A pollinator variety used to pollinate a male sterile line to produce Fl progeny which are male fertile and thus produce seeds on selfing. An inbred line that permits restoration of fertility to the progeny of male sterile lines to which it is crossed.
Industry:Agriculture
The gene that restores fertility to an otherwise sterile plant.
Industry:Agriculture
The reaction of a plant or group of plants to a treatment, e.g., application of fertilizer, stimulus, or water loss.
Industry:Agriculture
1). The process by which living organisms obtain energy through oxidation of carbohydrates to produce carbon dioxide. 2). The metabolic process by which a plant (or animal) oxidizes its food and provides energy for assimilation of breakdown products. 3). The process by which cells or tissues obtain oxygen.
Industry:Agriculture
A variety which has genetic resistance to an adverse factor or pest. It is genetically able to suppress or retard the activity of a pathogen or insect. A variety which has genetic resistance to or tolerance for all adverse factors or pests.
Industry:Agriculture
The ability of populations of pests to survive doses of a pesticide which are normally lethal.
Industry:Agriculture
The inherent ability of an animal or plant body to resist (oppose, counteract) untoward circumstances such as insect attack, diseases, toxic agents, or infection.
Industry:Agriculture
Operations that cut, crush, or otherwise break (fracture) residues in a step preparatory to tillage, harvesting, or planting operation.
Industry:Agriculture
The plant part left after the economically useful part has been harvested.
Industry:Agriculture
