Agronomy knowledge

Agronomist dictionary

Short and clear definitions of agronomic terms: soil cultivation, sowing, nutrition, plant protection, machinery, and crop storage.

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Growth and development

Determinacy

A biological trait of plants to cease the growth of the main stem after developing a specific number of inflorescences.

Growth and development

Differentiation of the growing point

A biological process where undifferentiated cells at the plant's shoot apical meristem develop into specific organs like leaves, stems, or reproductive spikelet...

Growth and development

Dormancy

Dormancy is a physiological state of arrested growth in seeds, buds, or tubers, where they fail to germinate even under favorable environmental conditions.

Growth and development

Dormancy

A biological state in which plant growth and metabolic activity are suspended or slowed down to survive adverse environmental conditions.