planting material
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planting
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈplɑːn.tɪŋ/us/ˈplæn.t̬ɪŋ/
the activity of putting plants into the ground or into a container of soil so that they ...
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material
noun
uk/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
a physical substance that things can be ...
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In general, men had different expectations and reactions to the project - they were interested in theplantingmaterial, or seed; they saw the work itself as very delicate or feminine.
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This recurrent infection of theplantingmaterialhas lead to a gradual decrease in yield over the years.
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Sapium was excluded from the tabulation, as the only source ofplantingmaterialis wildings in the forest but their collection is illegal.
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Successful cropping relies on the availability of goodplantingmaterial, a fertile soil and adequate resources, including human power.
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Theplantingmaterialwas kept in a glasshouse for acclimatization and establishment.
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Although potatoes can be propagated in a variety of ways, seed tubers are still the most widely usedplantingmaterial.
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There is a period of about four months after harvest during which tuber losses are incurred in storage but propagation of theplantingmaterialwould not be successful.
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A more economically viable alternative would therefore be to distributeplantingmaterial, in the form of cormels produced from in vitro plants to the farmers.
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All trials were surrounded by perimeter guard rows or trials of similarplantingmaterial, planted at the same spacing and at the same time.
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In cassava, the roots and a portion of the stems are harvested, the latter forplantingmaterial.
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Increasing crop productivity in cassava by fertilizing production ofplantingmaterial.
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A national programme aimed to produce and distribute disease-freeplantingmaterialis required for the sustainable improvement of the cocoyam production.
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Among all these constraints, one of the most important is the lack of good qualityplantingmaterial for varieties of interest to farmers and processors.
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Many reasons for this have been put forward among which are the lack of information and limited availability ofplantingmaterial.
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In this regard, the development of a screening test forplantingmaterialwould be a spectacular step forward.
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Use of tissue-culture techniques allows for the propagation of large amounts ofplantingmaterial, economically and in a short time.
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This caused a sudden increase in demand that led to a major bottleneck because of the lack of local, low-cost supplies of healthyplantingmaterialfor local varieties.
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It can be said, therefore, that there are differences in susceptibility, enabling longer exploitation of the first cultivation cycle depending on the origin of theplantingmaterial.
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