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PLANTA DANINHA [2 records]

Record 1 2013-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weed Science
  • Botany
DEF

A plant growing where it is not wanted by man.

CONT

Weeds of cultivated land are often natural plants of disturbed habitats and are often apomictic or self-pollinating or spread vegetatively.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mauvaises herbes
  • Botanique
DEF

Plante qui pousse là où elle n'est pas désirée et qui peut entraîner des effets négatifs décelables sur le plan économique ou environnemental.

OBS

De telles plantes ne sont pas nécessairement étrangères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Malas hierbas
  • Botánica
DEF

Especie no deseada que invade los campos cultivados y los barbechos.

Key term(s)
  • malas hierbas
  • malezas
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Record 2 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Genetics
DEF

An aberrant form arising in cultivated oats that is believed to be a mutation and that resembles both the parent variety and the wild oat (Avena fatua).

OBS

Terms used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Génétique
CONT

L'hybridation spontanée intervient fréquemment entre l'avoine cultivée et la folle-avoine sauvage; les hybrides naturels offrent tous les intermédiaires entre le type cultivé et le type sauvage. Ces «formes fatuoides» ne représentent pas un retour vers le type ancestral, mais simplement un produit de croisement survenu fortuitement dans la nature.

OBS

Termes en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Genética
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