Green Manure Crops:

Any crops which are grown and burried into the soil for improving the soil condition for addition of organic matter e.g., sunhemp, dhaincha, glyricidia.

Green Manuring

A practice of ploughing or turning into the soil the undecomposed green plant tissue for the purpose of improving physical condition as well as fertility of soil�

Ginning Percentage :

GP quantity of lint generated out of given quantity of cotton expressed in percentage as GP= wt. of lint *100\wt of cotton it is also referred as the ginning out turn(GOT)

Gypsum Block :

An instrument to measure the soil moisture under field condition using the principle of electrical resistance

Glaborous:

Hairlessness of leaf surface is referred to as glaborous nature.

Genetic Purity :

Trueness to the type of any variety of plant which confirms the varietal or characters described by the breeder

Germination

The resumption of the growth of a seed embryo resulting into emergence of ayoung healthy plant. In laboratory conditions, it indicates the ability of a seed to produce a normal and healthy seedling which may develop into a vigorous plant if favourable condition are provided in the soil

Germinator :

It is a machine, sometimes called as germination cabinet, with a perfect control of temperature and humidity, used for gemination test in seed testing laboratories.

Giberellins

These are plant growth stimulating substance used for inducing rapid plant growth breaking seed-dormancy, producing seedless fruits etc.

Glumes:

These are the pair of bracts at the base of a spicklet in the grasses.

Gross Profit:

It refers to the total profit from the farm without deducting expences thereon.

Guard Crops :

Crops grown around the main crop which has to be protected from wild animals, thieves, etc. These crops normally bear spines

habitats

The natural environment where an organism, population or community lives, including biotic and abiotic factors.

HACCP

A systematic approach to be used in food processing as a means to assure food safety.

halitosis

An offensive, foul breath odor resulting from a variety of causes such as poor oral hygiene, dental or oral infections, or the ingestion of certain foods.

haplotypes

The genetic constitution of individuals with respect to one member of a pair of allelic genes, or sets of genes that are closely linked and tend to be inherited together such as those of the major histocompatibility complex

hardwood

Generally one of the botanical groups of trees that have vessels or pores and broad leaves, in contrast to the conifers or softwoods. The term has no reference to the actual hardness of the wood.

harvest index

Grain weight as a percentage of total above-ground dry weight at maturity.

hard red spring wheat

The wheat class that contains the highest percentage of proteins, making it an excellent bread wheat, with superior milling and baking characteristics; chiefly grown in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota; seeded in the spring, and may have a hard or soft endosperm.

hard red winter wheat

The class of wheat used mostly for bread and all-purpose flour; seeded in the fall; ranges from medium to high in protein; may have either a hard or soft endosperm; accounts for more than 40% of the US wheat crop and more than half of US wheat exports; produced in the Great Plains. Wide range of protein, good milling and baking characteristics. Used to produce bread, rolls, and, to a lesser extent, sweet goods and all-purpose flour