CultivarA
variety of
plant produced through selective
breeding by
humans and maintained by cultivation.
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Clusius, Carolus. A Treatise on Tulips.
Dash, Mike. Tulipomania.
Pavord, Anna. The Tulip.
Pollan, Michael. The Botany of Desire.
Full article >>>cultivar. A specially developed agricultural
plant variety.
curing. Holding potato tubers under warm, humid conditions that favor wound healing.
cutout. A period of reduced growth and square production following a fruiting cycle.
Full article >>>cultivar Abbreviation for cultivated
variety of
plant.
cultural eutrophication An increase in biological productivity and
ecosystem succession caused by
human activities.
Full article >>>There are
cultivars known that are mutants for mechanisms thought to be required for
gravitropism. Usually these are trees that have a weeping or pendulate growth habit.
Full article >>>Scientists have given a
gene from the bacterium Salmonella to
cultivars of soybeans, corn, canola, and cotton to degrade the pesticide glyphosphate (Roundup TM).
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DNA fingerprinting techniques akin to those used to solve crimes and settle paternity suits, scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered that 18 of the world's most renowned grapevine varieties, or
cultivars, ...
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