moisture content
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moisture
noun[U]
uk/ˈmɔɪs.tʃər/us/ˈmɔɪs.tʃɚ/
a liquid such as water in the form of very small drops, either in the air, in a substance, or on ...
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content
adjective[after verb]
uk/kənˈtent/us/kənˈtent/
pleased with your situation and not hoping for change ...
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Seeds with recalcitrant behaviour are shed from the mother plant at high moisture contents and cannot survive desiccation below a relatively highmoisturecontent.
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Movements may arise from structural deformation, or may be induced by temperature variations or changes inmoisturecontent.
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Interactions with other factors operating in the field (particularlymoisturecontentand anaerobic conditions) should also be ascertained.
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They further suggest a modified relationship for the log of the mean viability period as a function of storage temperature andmoisturecontent.
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In tomato/cowpea intercropping, all cowpea pods were harvested at maturity and dried to amoisturecontentof 120 g water/kg fresh weight.
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Between 60 and 80 % of seeds germinated after six months storage at 12.8 %moisturecontent.
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Depending on storage conditions and time between measurement of grain yield and kernel mass, themoisturecontentdifference can be substantial.
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The grain weight from each plot was adjusted to 14%moisturecontent.
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Themoisturecontentof the grain was used to calculate grain yield per ha after adjusting to 12%moisturecontent.
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Heavy metals in the ash were plotted against waste weight,moisturecontent, and average flue temperature during the sample period but no correlation was apparent.
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Results are expressed as the meanmoisturecontentobtained from three to five replicates of 10 organs.
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Earthworm casts were negatively related to soil temperatures and positively tomoisturecontent.
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Values were normalized by dividing dehydration data by the initial seedmoisturecontent, and rehydration data by the final seedmoisturecontent.
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Seeds from all species exhibited orthodox behaviour, tolerating dehydration to amoisturecontentof around 5%.
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The low concentration detected by the field test kit could be attributed to the highmoisturecontentor sample heterogeneity.
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With an increase in seedmoisturecontent, either through humidification or through imbibition, there is rearrangement of cellular water.
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These samples were then stored for six months, and relations between seed germination and initial seedmoisturecontentin local and improved cultivars determined.
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