Словарь агронома

Питание и удобрения

Cation Exchange

A chemical process where soil particles hold and release positively charged nutrient ions, making them available for plant uptake.

Почва и обработка

Cation exchange capacity

The ability of soil to hold and release positively charged nutrients, preventing them from leaching out of the root zone.

Техника и орошение

Center pivot irrigation system

An automated irrigation equipment that rotates around a central pivot point to supply water to crops across a circular field.

Питание и удобрения

Chelation

A chemical process where metal ions are bound to organic molecules, making them more stable and easily absorbable by plants.

Защита растений

Chemical plant protection method

A crop protection strategy involving the application of chemical pesticides to control pests, diseases, and weeds.

Почва и обработка

Chiseling

This is a method of non-inversion tillage that uses heavy-duty shanks to loosen the soil and break up deep compaction without flipping the topsoil layer.

Цифровое земледелие

Chlorophyll index

A metric representing the chlorophyll content in plant leaves, used for real-time monitoring of crop health and nitrogen status.

Питание и удобрения

Chlorosis

A condition in plants where leaves turn yellow due to a lack of chlorophyll, impairing their ability to photosynthesize effectively.

Погода и климат

Climatic normal

The arithmetic average of a climate element computed over a long period, typically used as a baseline to compare current weather patterns.

Погода и климат

Climatic potential

It refers to the combination of natural climatic resources in a region that determines the maximum possible agricultural productivity under optimal management p...

Почва и обработка

Cloddiness

Cloddiness is a soil condition characterized by the presence of large clods exceeding 10 centimeters in diameter, which hinder seed germination and field unifor...

Селекция и семеноводство

Clonal selection

A breeding method involving the selection of the best individual plants within a vegetatively propagated cultivar to preserve or improve its specific traits.

Селекция и семеноводство

CMS (Cytoplasmic Male Sterility)

A genetic condition in plants that prevents the production of functional pollen, used primarily to facilitate large-scale hybrid seed production.

Рост и развитие

Coenosis

Coenosis is a grouping of living organisms inhabiting a specific environment and interacting with each other and their surroundings.

Хранение и экономика

Combine harvester throughput

The maximum amount of crop material that a combine's threshing and separating system can process per unit of time while maintaining harvest quality and minimal...

Хранение и экономика

Conditioned grain

This is grain that meets established quality standards and regulatory moisture requirements, making it safe for long-term storage or processing without risk of...

Посев и сорта

Conditioned seeds

These are seeds that meet all established quality and safety standards regarding purity, germination rate, and moisture content for agricultural use.

Защита растений

Contact action

A mode of pesticide action that affects a pest or pathogen upon direct physical contact with the plant surface or the organism itself.

Погода и климат

Continentality of climate

This is a measure of the difference between the temperatures of the warmest and coldest months of the year, indicating the severity of a region's climate.

Хранение и экономика

Continuous drying

A grain drying method where the product moves through the dryer in a steady, uninterrupted flow without pauses for heating or cooling cycles.

Селекция и семеноводство

Contrast hybridization

A plant breeding method that involves crossing genetically distant parental forms to create progeny with unique, often opposing, valuable traits.

Цифровое земледелие

Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF)

A crop management system that limits all heavy machinery to fixed traffic lanes to reduce soil compaction and optimize field operations.

Питание и удобрения

Conversion factor for active ingredient

A multiplier used to determine the actual amount of a chemical component within a formulated fertilizer or pesticide product based on its concentration percenta...

Питание и удобрения

Corrective fertilization

The application of fertilizers specifically intended to address an identified nutrient deficiency in crops during their active growth phase.

Хранение и экономика

Cost per hectare

This is the total sum of all direct and indirect expenses incurred by an agricultural producer to cultivate a crop on one hectare of land.

Техника и орошение

Coulter

A ground-engaging component of a seed drill or planter designed to open a furrow in the soil for seed placement and subsequent covering.

Почва и обработка

Cover crops

These are plants grown primarily to protect and enrich the soil rather than for harvest, serving to prevent erosion, suppress weeds, and improve soil health bet...

Хранение и экономика

Critical moisture content

This is the maximum level of moisture at which grain can be stored safely without the risk of heating, spoilage, or microbial growth.

Погода и климат

Critical period of water consumption

This is a developmental stage of a plant during which water deficiency causes the most significant irreversible damage to crop yield and quality.

Посев и сорта

Critical seeding depth

The maximum depth at which a seed can be planted while still having enough stored energy for the sprout to reach the soil surface.

Техника и орошение

Crop clearance

The vertical distance between the lowest point of an agricultural machine's frame and the ground, determining its ability to move over crops without causing dam...

Посев и сорта

Crop competitiveness

It is the ability of crop plants to suppress weed growth and utilize environmental resources more efficiently, ensuring high yields despite the presence of comp...

Защита растений

Crop growth stage

A specific period in the life cycle of a crop, characterized by distinct morphological and physiological changes during its development from germination to matu...

Рост и развитие

Crop Indexing

A method of quantifying crop condition using remote sensing based on the analysis of spectral properties of reflected light.

Цифровое земледелие

Crop monitoring

The systematic observation of agricultural crops to identify threats early and evaluate the effectiveness of agronomic management practices.

Посев и сорта

Crop rotation

The practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons.

Посев и сорта

Crop uniformity

This refers to the consistency of plant development stages, height, and density across an entire field.

Селекция и семеноводство

Cross-pollination

The transfer of pollen from the male parts of one flower to the female parts of another flower of the same species.

Техника и орошение

Cultipacker

An agricultural implement used to firm the soil surface, break up clods, and ensure better seed-to-soil contact for improved germination.

Селекция и семеноводство

Cultivar acclimatization

The process of adapting a crop cultivar to new soil and climatic conditions that differ from the environment of its original breeding.

Рост и развитие

Cultivation

A shallow mechanical soil treatment practice used to loosen the soil, manage weeds, and prepare the seedbed without inverting the soil layers.

Селекция и семеноводство

Cultural value of seeds

This is a quality indicator representing the percentage of pure, viable seeds in a batch capable of producing healthy seedlings.