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PLANTE SPONTANEE [2 records]

Record 1 2025-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
CONT

What is a Self-Sowing Plant? Self-seeding garden plants drop their pods, capsules, or seeds at the end of the season. In most cases, the seeds need nothing more than the soil they fall onto, relying on natural seasonal changes to germinate and grow.

Key term(s)
  • self sowing plant
  • self seeding plant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

Qu'est-ce qu'une plante spontanée? Les plantes spontanées du jardin sont celles qui y poussent naturellement, sans avoir été semées ou plantées par le jardinier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción vegetal
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Record 2 2007-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

A plant which grows from self-sown seed.

OBS

Often a problem in seed-producing fields.

Key term(s)
  • self sowing plant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
OBS

Par exemple, dans les cultures porte-graines, les graminées adventices peuvent être des ressemis de l'espèce cultivée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción vegetal
CONT

Al momento de la cosecha de una parcela de papa, tomamos la precaución de recoger todos los tubérculos del campo (cosecha completa), para evitar que las plantas no cosechadas den lugar al nacimiento de plantas voluntarias.

CONT

El productor de papa será responsable de mantener los predios donde hubiere realizado cultivos, completamente libres de presencia de plantas espontáneas de esa especie. En el caso que el productor incurriera en el incumplimiento de lo establecido en el presente artículo, la Dirección Provincial de Agricultura y Mercados dispondrá la eliminación de las plantas voluntarias y la prolongación del período de rotación del lote.

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