Agronomist dictionary

Storage and economics

Baking quality indicator

A set of grain properties that determine its suitability for producing bread with specific volume, texture, and structural characteristics.

Nutrition and fertilizers

Basal application

This is the application of fertilizers to the soil before sowing or planting to build up a nutrient reserve for the entire growing season.

Storage and economics

Base moisture content

This is a standardized moisture level in grain or seeds, set by industry regulations, to ensure safe long-term storage and fair commercial transactions.

Nutrition and fertilizers

Bioavailability

Bioavailability is the proportion of a nutrient or chemical that is absorbed by a plant and is available for physiological utilization.

Soil and tillage

Biological activity of soil

It is the overall intensity of life processes carried out by soil microorganisms and fauna that transform organic matter into nutrients available for plants.

Crop protection

Biological efficacy

A measure of the performance of plant protection products, indicating the degree of suppression of pests or diseases compared to an untreated control group.

Weather and climate

Biological minimum temperature

This is the lowest air or soil temperature at which plants begin their metabolic processes, growth, and development.

Crop protection

Biological pest control

This is a method of controlling agricultural pests and diseases using living organisms or their metabolic products.

Weather and climate

Biological productivity of climate

A quantitative indicator representing the potential capacity of regional climate conditions to support the formation of agricultural crop biomass.

Sowing and varieties

Biological yield

It is the total weight of the biomass produced by plants in a field, calculated before harvest based on plant density and grain weight.

Growth and development

Biological yield

This is the total dry matter accumulation of a crop, including both grain and vegetative parts, produced in a field before harvest.

Growth and development

Biomass

Biomass in agronomy is the total mass of living organisms or their products accumulated per unit area of crops or within the soil layer.

Machinery and irrigation

Boom height

The vertical distance measured from the spray nozzles to the target surface, such as the soil or the crop canopy.

Growth and development

Branching pattern

The specific mode of lateral shoot development on the main stem that determines the architectural structure and vegetative density of a plant.

Breeding and seed production

Breeding nursery

A specialized field area for the primary propagation and evaluation of hybrid plant materials selected to develop new crop varieties.

Breeding and seed production

Breeding process

The breeding process is a targeted activity aimed at creating and improving plant varieties and hybrids with specific commercially valuable traits.

Storage and economics

Bulk density

The mass of a unit volume of dry soil or granular material, including the air-filled pore space between particles.

Soil and tillage

Bulk density of soil

The mass of dry soil per unit volume of soil, including the air-filled pore space, in its natural structural state.