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YEMA ADVENTICIA [3 records]

Record 1 2022-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Silviculture
CONT

Epicormic Shoots. Dormant buds on the main stem or branches of trees often are stimulated by sudden exposure to light to produce epicormic shoots (also called water sprouts). There is much concern about epicormic shoots because they produce knots that greatly reduce the grade of lumber.

CONT

Epicormic branches are shoots arising spontaneously from adventitious or dormant buds on stems or branches of woody plants ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Pousse provenant spontanément d'un bourgeon adventif (ou dormant), sur la tige d'une plante ligneuse ou sur une branche.

CONT

Gourmand : rameau se développant directement sur le fût d'un arbre à partir d'un bourgeon préexistant qui se réveille après que le tronc d'un arbre ait été isolé et mis en lumière par une coupe forte. La présence de gourmands déprécie la qualité du bois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Silvicultura
DEF

Vástago que nace en una yema adventicia o durmiente sobre una planta leñosa.

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Record 2 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Plant and Crop Production
OBS

Adventitious: Describing organs that arise in unexpected positions, such as roots growing from a leaf

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
DEF

[...] bourgeon d'origine endogène naissant sur différentes parties d'une plante, en des points non fixes par rapport aux feuilles, contrairement aux bourgeons normaux, et parfois à la suite de plaies ou de sections.

Key term(s)
  • œil adventif

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Producción vegetal
DEF

Yema que se produce irregularmente en cualquier parte de una planta, pero nunca en el extremo del tallo ni en la axila de la hoja.

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Record 3 2003-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

Any shoot arising from an adventitious or dormant bud near the base of a woody plant that has been cut back.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Tige provenant d'un bourgeon adventice ou dormant, à la base d'une plante ligneuse qui a été recépée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
DEF

Vástago nacido de una yema adventicia o durmiente, cerca de la base de una planta leñosa que ha sido cortada.

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