Agriculture

Items

• seed

  A seed is a miniature undeveloped plant with stored food and a protective coat, formed by fertilization of an ovule in a flower.
• seedling

  A seedling is a young sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed.
• sheep

  (Ovis aries), species of domesticated ruminant (cud-chewing) mammal, raised for its meat, milk, and wool.
• side dressing

  The application of fertiliser alongside row-crop plants, usually on the soil surface. Nitrogen materials are most commonly side dresses.
• silt

  Granular material of a size between sand and clay.
• Skeleton {bones of animal}

  An internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant.
• soil degradation

  The physical, chemical or biological deterioration of soil. Soil erosion, soil salinization and loss of biological life, respectively, are examples.
• soil health

  The ability of soil to sustain plant and animal life.
• soil horizon

  A layer of soil or soil material approximately parallel to the land surface and differing from adjacent genetically related layers in physical, chemical and biological properties or characteristics such as colour, structure, texture, consistence, kinds and numbers of organisms present, degree of acidity or alkalinity, etc
• soil profile

  A vertical section of the soil through all its horizons and extending to the underlying material.
• soil quality

  The capacity of a specific kind of soil to function within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries, to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain or enhance water and air quality, and support human health and habitation. Sometimes considered in relation to this capacity in the undisturbed, natural state.
• soil sample

  A small volume of soil collected from a particular soil profile.
• soil structure

  The combination or arrangement of primary soil particles into secondary units or peds. These secondary units may be, but usually are not, arranged in the profile in such a manner as to give a distinctive characteristic pattern. The secondary units are characterized and classified on the basis of size, shape and degree of distinctness into classes, types and grades, respectively
• soil type

  Formerly a subdivision of a soil series based on differences in the texture of the A horizon.
• soil/ground

  A dynamic natural body composed of mineral and organic solids, gases, liquids and living organism which can serves as a medium for plant growth.
• sowing time

  The right time in which seeds are ready to be sown into the soil.
• sparrow

  A sparrow is a small bird of the family Emberizidae or Passeridae, with brownish or greyish plumage and often a streaked breast.
• spinach

  An edible Asian plant of the goosefoot family, with large dark green leaves which are widely eaten as a vegetable.
• stallion

  An uncastrated adult male horse.
• stolon

  A creeping horizontal plant stem or runner that takes root at points along its length to form new plants.
• stones forest

  Type of Karst landform characterized by towering rock pillars in high concentrations, resembling a forest of stones.
• store

  A quantity or supply of something kept for use as needed.
• straight breeding

  Straight-breeding (Pure-breeding) is the mating of males and females of the same breed.
• strip grazing

  Strip grazing involves fencing off a small strip in your horse’s pasture and moving the fences regularly to allow your horse access to fresh grass.
• stripping out

  To remove parts from something.