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root and tuber crops [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Root and Tuber Crops
OBS

root: the portion of the plant body of a seed plant [that] differs from a stem in lacking nodes, buds, and leaves.

OBS

tuber: a short thickened fleshy stem or terminal portion of a stem or rhizome that is usually formed underground, bears minute scale leaves each with a bud capable under suitable conditions of developing into a new plant, and constitutes the resting stage of various plants (as the potato or the Jerusalem artichoke).

CONT

for "root crop" : Harvested root crops include sugar beets, potatoes, and peanuts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes sarclées
CONT

Les plantes sarclées sont presque toujours en tête d'assolement. Elles remplacent les jachères d'autrefois, car elles exigent des apports d'engrais très importants et des façons culturales nombreuses, qui préparent la terre pour les cultures des céréales. [Elles] comprennent (en plus des céréales sarclées, comme le mais, les plantes "à racines") betterave, carotte, chou fourrager, etc., et les plantes à tubercules: pommes de terre et topinambours.

OBS

Le terme se trouve sous la rubrique "Agriculture".

Spanish

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