Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Scotch barley Grains of barley that have been husked and coarsely ground.
Soft wheat Any wheat with a relatively soft endosperm such as soft red winter or soft
white wheat.
Soil horizon Distinct layers below a soil's surface.
Soja bean Another name for soybean (Glycine max).
Sorgo Name used for sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) originating from Spanish.
Sow Mature female swine (Sus scrofa).
Soy pea Another name for soybean (Glycine max).
Soya bean Another name for soybean (Glycine max).
Spring wheat Any type of wheat planted in the spring.
Star fruit (NA), carambola (W) a fruit (Averrhoa carambola)
Steer Male cattle (Bos taurus) that has been castrated while young to improve
weight gain.
Taina (A, C), tannia (A, C), yautia (A, C), new cocoyam tanier (A, C)
A root crop
(Xanthosoma sagittifolium).
Taro, coco yam, cocoyam, tannia (PI) A root crop (Colocasia esculenta).
Temperature 8C, degrees centigrade, a measure of temperature, 08C
being the freezing point of water (328F) and 1008C the boiling point of water
(2128F).
Tiller (a) Mechanical tillage device used to stir up soil with rotating blades.
(b) Secondary stems arising from the crown of a grain crop of the grass family. A
single plant can have many tillers, each bearing a seed head.
Tissue culture Producing new plants from a few cells of an existing, usually
disease-free, plant.
Transgenic Plants and other organisms that have been changed by adding genetic
material from another species.
Transpiration Loss of water through the leaves of plants.
Triglycerides One component of lipids made up of three fatty acids bonded to a
glycerin molecule.
Udic Soil is not dry for more than 90 days.
Upland rice Rice grown without standing water in the field.
Ustic Intermediate between udic and aridic.
Vitamin Essential organic compounds needed in the diet.
Wether Male sheep (Ovis aries) that has been castrated. Also, a male goat (Capra
hircus) that has been castrated.
Wheat berry Grain of wheat (Triticum aestivum).
White wheat Type of wheat (Triticum aestivum) that gives a very light colored flour
used for biscuits, cakes, crackers, and cookies.
Winter wheat Any type of wheat planted in the fall and that remains dormant during
the winter to be harvested the following spring/summer.
