My name is Antoine, I am a Social Science's student at Cégep of Saint-Hyacinthe. I am in my last semester of Social Science, but I decided to change my field of study, so I will do a new DEC at ITAQ in Agricultural Business Management and Technologies. I am going to ensure the succession from a vegetables' producer.
My glossary is going to focus on agriculture. This glossary can help someone to increase their knowledge related to agriculture. I am going to define 20 agricultural terms that I knew a little or nothing about before starting this project. To find the terms, I went to a browser that gave me lots of agricultural terms. Then, I used Google to find definitions and images related to the terms discussed. My glossary will be published on Blogger.com to entertain readers who want to learn more about agriculture.
Bolt
verb
Grow tall quickly and stop flowering as seeds develop.
Example: In salads, effects of bolt affects some root vegetables a little, but especially leafy vegetables and in particular lettuces.
en: Monter à graine (montaison)
Enrichment
noun
The action of improving or enhancing the quality or value of something.
Example: If this is exploited by the growth of crops however, this enrichment will be transient.
en: Amendement
Evergreen
adjective
Relating to or denoting a plant that retains green leaves throughout the year.
Example: They are found in Primary and Secondary EVERGREEN rainforest, mangroves and deciduous dry forests from sea level to 2100 meters.
en: Sempervirent
Fallow
noun
Plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production.
Example: The farm manager suggested that incorporating set-aside to fallow land for a season within a rotation as a one way of managing this apparent problem.
en: Jachère
Fodder
noun
Food, especially dried hay or feed, for cattle and other livestock.
Example: Heath lands were used by man for many things such as bracken for animal bedding and gorse for fodder.
en: Fourrage
grape harvest
noun
The time when grapes are picked.
Example: Even a series of bad grape harvests would have little impact on overall prices.
en: Vendange
Hoeing
verb
To work with a tool with a thin flat blade on a long handle to cultivate, weed, or loosen the earth around plants.
Example: The effectiveness of mechanical weed control practices such as harrowing or HOEING is largely regulated by the subsequent crop-weed competition.
en: Binage
Irrigate
verb
The operation of artificially providing water to cultivated plants to increase their production and allow their normal development, in the event of a water deficit.
Example: China has always been successful in producing rice and has seen huge increases in its ability to produce high yields from multiple crops throughout the year, however the need for water to IRRIGATE those crops does put pressure on future production, as the amount of water required varies from 533-1533 cubic meters of water.
en: Irriguer
Monoculture
noun
The cultivation of a single crop in a given area.
Example: Just like MONOCULTUREs on the Russian Steppes of wheat, on a smaller scale, Bushy Hill has seen native vegetation wiped out as cattle have grazed, trampled on and left that vegetation which is less favoured by these ruminant animals to become common place.
en: Monoculture
Motoculture
noun
A term to cultivate the land using motorized machinery.
Example: Beyond a certain size, a garden can no longer be cultivated efficiently without the help of motorized cultivation, the use of machinery becoming essential.
en: Monoculture
Mulch
noun
Material (such as decaying leaves, bark, or compost) spread around or over a plant to enrich or insulate the soil.
Example: After a few years, when the plastic mulch deteriorates, the plants are vigorous enough to withstand mechanical manipulations.
en: Paillage
Orchard
noun
A piece of land planted with fruit trees.
Example: A potato crop was swallowed up and orchards on the banks could also be at risk due to flooding.
en: Verger
Rootstock
noun
A plant onto which another variety is grafted.
en: Porte-greffe
Scalding
noun
The burning of the grapes by the sun, visible by a necrosis of the skin of the berries, then by their drying out in advanced casess
Example: Vineyards scalding are more common due to climate changes.
en: Échaudage
Silt
noun
Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor.
Example: The predominant feature of the river bed is gravel (about 60%), and alluvial SILT (about 40%).
en: Limon
Stubble
noun
The cut stalks of grain plants left sticking out of the ground after the grain is harvested.
Example: The stubble is then buried in the ground by a cultural way called stubble cultivation.
en: Chaume
Subsoiling
noun
Defined as non-inversion tillage below a depth of 14 inches.
Example: Permeability is enhanced when subsoiling is done, as this action improves natural drainage.
en: Sous-solage
Viticulture
Noun
The agricultural activity consisting in cultivating a certain variety of vine producing a fruit for human consumption.
Example: On this map there is an historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade.
en: Viticulture
wasteland
noun
An unused area of land that has become barren or overgrown.
Example: The land use of the small watersheds in the area prior to the project were as follows: uncultivated wasteland (40%), cropland (40%), mostly on low-productivity slope land, trees and shrubs (10%); gullies (5%), and roads, villages, etc (5%).
en: Friche
Weed
noun
A wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants.
Example: Pest, weed and disease management should adopt Integrated Pest or and weed Management which have been successful in Southeast Asia.
