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Definition of Semidwarf
1. Noun. A plant that grows to a lesser height than usual for its kind, but taller than a dwarf variety. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Semidwarf
1. [n -DWARFS or -DWARVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semidwarf
Literary usage of Semidwarf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rice Genetics: Proceedings of the International Rice Workshop at Lusaka by International Rice Research Institute (1986)
"The first semidwarf rice cultivar in California, Calrose 76, originated as a
single gene semidwarf mutant from the very well adapted tall cultivar Calrose ..."
2. Rice Science: Innovations and Impact for Livelihood by T. W. Mew, International Rice Research Institute (2003)
"The rice ecological breeding system semidwarf breeding Southern China has frequent
storms and torrential rains, causing rice to lodge and resulting in very ..."
3. Rainfed Lowland Rice Improvement by David J. Mackill, William Ronnie Coffman, Dennis P. Garrity (1996)
"semidwarf rices have higher harvest indexes than rices of intermediate height
... The recessive semidwarf gene sd-1 has been used extensively to develop ..."
4. Hybrid Rice: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Hybrid Rice : 6 by International Rice Research Institute (1989)
"Improved semidwarf cultivars grown in southern US are more productive than tall
cultivars but usually require 30-40 kg more N/ha for optimum yield (Brandon ..."
5. Drought Resistance in Crops with Emphasis on Rice by International Rice Research Institute (1982)
"Homozygous recessive genotypes were deficient in F2 samples of dryland/semidwarf
crosses (Hung and Chang 1976). Later studies also showed that the typical 3 ..."
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