Garden wound dressing
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Garden wound dressing (petrolatum), used to cover wounds on the trunks of trees and shrubs.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Vegetative reproduction
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Reproduction by vegetative parts of plants (cuttings, rhizomes, etc.).
Air humidity
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The content of water vapor in the air.
Relative humidity
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The amount of water in the air compared to the saturation level at the same temperature; expressed as a percentage.
Water deficit
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A condition of a plant in which it loses more water than it can obtain; leads to wilting.
Eye (bud)
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Bud.
Humus
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The organic matter of the soil that determines its fertility.
Respiration
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The process by which the cells and tissues of a plant take up oxygen, resulting in the release of energy required for growth and development.
Insecticide
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A chemical substance used to control insects.
Cambium
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Meristematic tissue located between the bark and the wood, composed of actively dividing cells; as a result of cambium differentiation, various tissues are formed.
Soil acidity
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A property of the soil determined by the presence of hydrogen ions in the soil solution and by exchangeable hydrogen and aluminum ions in the soil adsorption complex.
Clone
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Offspring of a single plant produced by vegetative propagation.
Compost
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An organic fertilizer obtained by the decomposition of organic waste of plant or animal origin.
Root cutting
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A section of root (rhizome) used to propagate a plant.
Maquis, Macchia
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(French maquis, Italian macchia) — thickets of evergreen xerophytic sclerophyllous and spiny shrubs (usually 1.5-2.5 m) and low trees (up to 8-10 m) in Mediterranean countries, in the lower mountain belt up to 700 m altitude. Typical repre…
Internode
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The portion of a stem between two adjacent nodes.
Mulch
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A layer of loose material, such as peat, compost, or wood shavings, which is spread on the soil surface to conserve moisture and prevent weeds; black and light-impermeable film is also used as mulch.
Budding
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One of the methods of grafting a bud (eye) of a cultivated variety onto a rootstock.
Hilling
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Covering the base of plants with soil.
Axillary bud
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A bud located in the axil of a leaf.
Humus
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A homogeneous earthy mass formed by the decomposition of manure and organic residues.
Dormancy period
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A period during which growth processes in the plant are almost completely halted and the intensity of metabolic activity is reduced.
Feeding area
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A plot of soil corresponding to a single plant.
Rootstock
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A plant or a part of it onto which a part of another plant is grafted.
Pomology
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(from Latin pomum - fruit) - the science of varieties of fruit and berry plants. It deals with the production-biological study and regionalization (zoning) of varieties, their introduction, and the development of varietal classifications.
Pinching
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Removal of the shoot tip to stop its further growth.
Photosynthesis
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The process of formation in a green plant of organic substances from inorganic ones with the participation of light energy accumulated by chlorophyll (the green pigment of the cell).
Shiblyak
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Thickets of low-growing thorny xerophytic shrubs and small trees (wild rose, hawthorn, downy oak and others); unlike maquis, predominantly deciduous. Occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean (the Balkans, Eastern Crimea and the Caucasus) on sit…
Bole
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Part of the tree trunk from the root collar to the first branching.