growth habit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrowthandhabit
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growth
noun
uk/ɡrəʊθ/us/ɡroʊθ/
The growth of a person, animal, or plant is its process of increasing ...
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habit
noun
uk/ˈhæb.ɪt/us/ˈhæb.ɪt/
something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are ...
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(Definition ofgrowthandhabitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Unlikegrowthhabit, which is generally unique to each crop, a crop may have several uses.
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The segregating bulk populations had large variation for traits related to competition, such asgrowthhabit, maturity and seed size.
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The disparity ingrowthhabitand development in relation to resource requirements and utilization of both crops in time and space dimensions could in part explain this.
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Theirgrowthhabitis recorded as "in silvis cacuminis supremi scandens, repens", which means in woods above peak creeping, climbing.
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The genus has a monopodialgrowthhabitwith leaves that are highly variable according to habitat.
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On average, each crop has 2.6 uses, therefore the total number ofgrowthhabit-use combinations will exceed 414.
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The crop database included a list of uses for each crop andgrowthhabit.
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While thisgrowthhabithas an advantage in fire-prone savannas, it may be costly in less fire-prone forest environments.
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The indeterminategrowthhabitof the cotton plant probably compensated for the increased abscission from early shade.
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Planting date and yield of soybean genotypes differing in maturity group andgrowthhabit.
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However, cotton has an indeterminategrowthhabitwith overlapping vegetative and fruiting phases, so it is hard to pinpoint the interface between these phases.
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The three cultivars were selected for differences in maturity dates andgrowthhabit.
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Competitive ability andgrowthhabitof indeterminate beans and maize for inter cropping.
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Additionally, spreadinggrowthhabitwas more important to men than women farmers (3% of men's responses compared with 0.2% of women's responses).
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The term 'growthhabit' defines how a species completes its life cycle.
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Thegrowthhabitand other phenotypic characteristics of the plant are apparently unaffected.
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This underlines the suitability of using long-duration crops with a non-determinategrowthhabitsuch as cassava for intercropping with a short-duration crop such as maize.
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The really important thing about thegrowthhabitof pumpkin is that it drops almost all the leaves when the fruits reach physiological maturity.
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