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Meaning of "green manure" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GREEN MANURE

green manure


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREEN MANURE

noun
adjective
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adverb
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Green manure is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GREEN MANURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Green manure

In agriculture "green manure" refers to crops which have already been uprooted. The then dying plants are of a type of cover crop often grown primarily to add nutrients and organic matter to the soil. Typically, a green manure crop is grown for a specific period of time, and then plowed under and incorporated into the soil while green or shortly after flowering. Green manure crops are commonly associated with organic farming, and are considered essential for annual cropping systems that wish to be sustainable.

Definition of green manure in the English dictionary

The definition of green manure in the dictionary is a growing crop that is ploughed under to enrich the soil. Other definition of green manure is manure that has not yet decomposed.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREEN MANURE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE GREEN MANURE

conure · demeasnure · disinure · encoignure · enure · fish manure · horse manure · inure · manure · security of tenure · subtenure · tenure · tournure · zonure

Synonyms and antonyms of green manure in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «green manure» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREEN MANURE

Find out the translation of green manure to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of green manure from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «green manure» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

绿肥
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

abono verde
570 millions of speakers
en

English

green manure
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

हरी खाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السماد الأخضر
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

сидераты
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

adubação verde
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সবুজ সার
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

engrais vert
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Baja hijau
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Gründüngung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

緑肥
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

녹비
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Manure ijo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phân xanh
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பச்சை எரு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

हिरव्या खत
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yeşil gübre
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sovescio
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

nawóz zielony
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

сидерати
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

îngrășământ verde
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χλωρής λίπανσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groen mis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gröngödsling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grønngjødsling
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about green manure

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREEN MANURE»

Discover the use of green manure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to green manure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Growing sweet corn for the cannery
GREEN MANURE Rotations should include rapidly growing, short-season crops of either leguminous or nonleguminous plants that are plowed under for green manure. The legumes are an advantage in that, when the proper nitrogen-fixing ...
James Herbert Beattie, 1945
2
Green Manure/Cover Crop Systems of Smallholder Farmers: ...
Chapter. 9. Green. Manure/Cover. Crop. Technology. in. Eastern. and. Central. Uganda: Development. and. Dissemination. C. K. K. Gachene1 and C. S. Wortmann2 1 University of Nairobi, Kenya 2 University of Nebraska, USA ...
Marjatta Eilittä, Joseph Mureithi, Rolf Derpsch, 2004
3
Green Manure Production Systems for Asian Ricelands
Selected papers from a symposium held as part of the 1992 International Rice Research Conference.
Jagdish Kumar Ladha, Dennis P. Garrity, 1994
4
Grain Legumes and Green Manures for Soil Fertility in ...
Mineral fertilizers were not yet widely used and the ratio of maize to legume green manure area reached 4:1 (Tattersfield, 1982). Several research questions were raised about green manuring and a series of trials were conducted, mainly at ...
Stephen R. Waddington, 2003
5
Citrus Nurseries and Planting Techniques
In autumn, 3 or 4 years after planting, it is recommended to sow green manure in between-rows. The appropriate timing for sowing green manure is the second fortnight of September (northern Mediterranean areas). The following green ...
Bernard Aubert, Guy Vullin, 1998
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ADVANCES IN AGRONOMY
A. GREEN MANURE CRoPs FOR in Situ INCORPORATION 1. Root-Nodulating Crops Sunn hemp {Crotolaria juncea) and Sesbania aculeata syn. cannabina are the most widely grown green manure crops in India (Table I). Sunn hemp is less ...
Nyle C. Brady, 1991
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Progress in Irrigated Rice Research: Selected Papers and ...
Management of farm-grown nutrientsources for rice WEN QIXIAO Green manure has made large contributions to rice production in the traditional agriculture of China. Cultivation of leguminous green manure crops depends on the cropping ...
‎1989
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International Rice Research Newsletter
Varanasi, India, 1985-86. green manure treatment are not significantly different by Duncan's Multiple Range Test. Effect of organic and inorganic N on rice - rice pulse yields. Treatments identified with the same letter within a Residual effect of  ...
International Rice Research Institute, 1979
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Cover Crops for Walnut Orchards
What orchard factors affect cover crop choice? Orchard floor management. Winter green manure cover crops are well suited to cultivated orchards because the soil conditioning and fertility benefits of these covers are maximized when the ...
‎2006
10
The Influence of Green Manure On Nitrogen Fixation, ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Henry Luman Fulmer, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREEN MANURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term green manure is used in the context of the following news items.
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Looking for a Better High Tunnel
The buckwheat will be allowed to grow for a month or so and then will be turned over as a green manure crop before winter greens are planted. «Twin Falls Times-News, Jul 15»
2
Acreage reporting deadline for some Alamance County crops is July …
n If a perennial forage crop is reported with the intended use of “cover only,” “green manure,” “left standing,” or “seed,” then the acreage must ... «Burlington Times News, Jul 15»
3
Talking vegetables – things to do In the July garden
... initially, those empty spaces left from pulling spent crops can benefit by planting some kind of “green manure” cover crop such as buckwheat. «Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald, Jul 15»
4
Warmer weather on the horizon
Many years ago my father planted it for a "green manure" crop to be plowed under. This period of time last year had much warmer average ... «Lewiston Sun Journal, Jul 15»
5
Do you recognize this mystery plant?
When amounts are sufficient, wrack is sometimes harvested as a source of compost or green manure. Unfortunately, these days the wrack on ... «Bluffton Today, Jul 15»
6
NRHM Scam Took Place a Year Before My Tenure: Ajay Bhatt
Similarly Congress leaders have levelled allegation against former Agriculture Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat in Dhaincha (green manure ... «Outlook, Jul 15»
7
Lessons learned for gardening experiment
That was fine; it acted as green manure and added nutrients. This spring, we tried a different tactic. We mowed and tilled up one strip in which ... «Zanesville Times Recorder, Jul 15»
8
Steps Mooted to Boost Farm Sector
The major highlights of the draft policy were protection of farm lands, observing the first week of June as 'Green Manure Week' for promoting ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
9
Sargasso weed washes up along the shore
When amounts are sufficient, wrack is sometimes harvested as a source of compost or green manure. (Unfortunately these days, the wrack on ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
10
Plant health risks linked to import of soil and growing media
These media are highly diverse and include compost, food waste, green manure, straw and bark. Among the growing media not containing ... «Teatro Naturale, Jun 15»
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