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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Weather and climate

Effective temperatures

This is the accumulation of air temperatures above a specific biological base threshold required for a crop to complete a developmental stage.

Weather and climate

Evaporability

Evaporability is the maximum amount of moisture that can evaporate from the soil surface and plants under given weather conditions, assuming an unlimited water...

Weather and climate

Evapotranspiration

The sum of evaporation from the soil surface and transpiration from plants into the atmosphere.