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COSECHA PIE [2 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Cropping Systems
DEF

In agriculture, a growing crop, especially of a grain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Systèmes de culture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción vegetal
  • Sistemas de cultivo
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Record 2 2014-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

A soluble or insoluble chemical substance that has such a great affinity for water that it will abstract water from a great many fluid materials.

OBS

Soluble chemicals are calcium chloride and glycerol, and insoluble chemicals are bauxite and silica gel.

OBS

A desiccant may be either liquid (e.g., triethylene glycol) or solid (e.g., silica gel).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

[...] substance capable d'absorber l'humidité d'un corps.

OBS

Ces substances sont l'anhydrite phosphorique, le perchlorate de magnésium, l'alumine, l'acide sulfurique concentré, le kieselguhr ou le silicagel imprégné de chlorure de cobalt.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
DEF

Substancia química soluble o insoluble que tiene tal afinidad por el agua que la extrae de muchos materiales fluidos; productos solubles son el cloruro cálcico y la glicerina y productos insolubles son bauxita y el gel de sílice.

CONT

Para [la cosecha mécanica] es necesario una operación complementaria que consiste en la aplicación de un desecante mediante aspersiones hechas en el follaje, lo que permite acelerar el proceso de secado de la planta en pie.

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