Meaning of "ratoon" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RATOON

From Spanish retoño young shoot, from re- + otoñar to sprout in autumn, from otoñoautumn.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RATOON

ratoon  [ræˈtuːn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RATOON

Ratoon is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ratoon in English.

WHAT DOES RATOON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ratooning

Ratooning is a method of harvesting a crop which leaves the roots and the lower parts of the plant uncut to give the ratoon or the stubble crop. The main benefit of ratooning is that the crop matures earlier in the season. Ratooning can also decrease the cost of preparing the field and planting. This method cannot be used endlessly as the yield of the ratoon crop decreases after each cycle. Ratooning is most often used with crops which are known to give a steady yield for three years under most conditions.

Definition of ratoon in the English dictionary

The definition of ratoon in the dictionary is a new shoot that grows from near the root or crown of crop plants, esp the sugar cane, after the old growth has been cut back. Other definition of ratoon is to propagate or cause to propagate by such a growth.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RATOON

PRESENT

Present

I ratoon

you ratoon

he/she/it ratoons

we ratoon

you ratoon

they ratoon

Present continuous

I am ratooning

you are ratooning

he/she/it is ratooning

we are ratooning

you are ratooning

they are ratooning

Present perfect

I have ratooned

you have ratooned

he/she/it has ratooned

we have ratooned

you have ratooned

they have ratooned

Present perfect continuous

I have been ratooning

you have been ratooning

he/she/it has been ratooning

we have been ratooning

you have been ratooning

they have been ratooning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I ratooned

you ratooned

he/she/it ratooned

we ratooned

you ratooned

they ratooned

Past continuous

I was ratooning

you were ratooning

he/she/it was ratooning

we were ratooning

you were ratooning

they were ratooning

Past perfect

I had ratooned

you had ratooned

he/she/it had ratooned

we had ratooned

you had ratooned

they had ratooned

Past perfect continuous

I had been ratooning

you had been ratooning

he/she/it had been ratooning

we had been ratooning

you had been ratooning

they had been ratooning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will ratoon

you will ratoon

he/she/it will ratoon

we will ratoon

you will ratoon

they will ratoon

Future continuous

I will be ratooning

you will be ratooning

he/she/it will be ratooning

we will be ratooning

you will be ratooning

they will be ratooning

Future perfect

I will have ratooned

you will have ratooned

he/she/it will have ratooned

we will have ratooned

you will have ratooned

they will have ratooned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been ratooning

you will have been ratooning

he/she/it will have been ratooning

we will have been ratooning

you will have been ratooning

they will have been ratooning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would ratoon

you would ratoon

he/she/it would ratoon

we would ratoon

you would ratoon

they would ratoon

Conditional continuous

I would be ratooning

you would be ratooning

he/she/it would be ratooning

we would be ratooning

you would be ratooning

they would be ratooning

Conditional perfect

I would have ratoon

you would have ratoon

he/she/it would have ratoon

we would have ratoon

you would have ratoon

they would have ratoon

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been ratooning

you would have been ratooning

he/she/it would have been ratooning

we would have been ratooning

you would have been ratooning

they would have been ratooning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you ratoon
we let´s ratoon
you ratoon

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to ratoon

Past participle

ratooned

Present Participle

ratooning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF RATOON

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

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 宿根
• Translator English - Spanish: soca
• English: ratoon
• Translator English - Hindi: ratoon
• Translator English - Arabic: البتقة
• Translator English - Russian: ratoon
• Translator English - Portuguese: soqueira
• Translator English - Bengali: ratoon
• Translator English - French: repousses
• Translator English - Malay: Ratoon
• Translator English - German: ratoon
• Translator English - Japanese: 新芽
• Translator English - Korean: ratoon
• Translator English - Javanese: Ratoon
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chồi
• Translator English - Tamil: மறுதாம்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: रॉटून
• Translator English - Turkish: ratoon
• Translator English - Italian: ratoon
• Translator English - Polish: Ratoon
• Translator English - Ukrainian: ratoon
• Translator English - Romanian: ratoon
• Translator English - Greek: ratoon
• Translator English - Afrikaans: opslag
• Translator English - Swedish: ratoon
• Translator English - Norwegian: Ratoon

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RATOON»

Discover the use of ratoon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ratoon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Rice Ratooning

Correlation coefficients among main crop characteristics with ratoon r = main crop flowering duration/ratoon flowering duration = 0.14. Table 3. Correlation coefficients among ratoon characters with ratoon yield. The ratoon crop stand was ...

William H. Smith, Vrinda Kumble, 1988

Fragile Lives in Fragile Ecosystems: Proceedings of the ...

B. Douthwaite, C. J. M. Tado, A. N. Calendacion, L. J. Wade, K. G. Cassman, and G. R. Quick Previous work at IRRI has shown that ratoon yields approaching the yield ofthe main crop can be achieved by promoting uniform and vigorous ratoon  ...

‎1995

International Rice Research Newsletter

Maturity, hill number, yield, filled grains/panicle, and stem rot of ratoon and main crops of some rice hybrids. Sukamandi, Indonesia, 1988-89 wet season.a Table 2. Panicles/hill, panicle exsertion, 1000-grain weight, and plant height. had three  ...

International Rice Research Institute, 1979

Rice: Origin, History, Technology, and Production

Approximately 70% of California's rice is grown in a rice-rice or rice-fallow rotation. In Florida, rice is rotated with sugarcane or vegetables. RATOON PRODUCTION Ratoon cropping, or second cropping, is an important production practice in ...

C. Wayne Smith, Robert H. Dilday, 2003

Mineral Nutrition of Rice

The higher the concentration of carbohydrates in the stubble and the roots, the faster the development of ratoon tillers. In addition, ratoon development is a varietal characteristic (Santos, Fageria, and Prabhu 2003). 1.8.2 RATOON CROP  ...

N.K. Fageria, 2013

Handbook of Weed Management Systems

Weed Management in Ratoon Cropping Ratoon cropping of sorghum is not widely practiced in the United States because the growing season is usually too short. Ratoon sorghum can be grown when the growing season exceeds 225 days, ...

Smith, 1995

A Guide to Sugarcane Diseases

A method to screen for resistance to ratoon stunting disease of sugarcane. Sugar Cane 6: 9-1 6. DAVIS M.J., GILLASPIE A.G. JR, HARRIS R.W., LAWSON R.H., 1980. Ratoon stunting disease of sugarcane: Isolation of the causal bacterium.

‎2000

Income and Nutritional Effects of the Commercialization of ...

Ratoon 2 0 42 0 ... Weeding Plant crop 176 183 895 36 Ratoon 1 101 87 516 17 Ratoon 2 327 43 1,004 14 Harvesting Plant crop 1,340 174 1,371 170 Ratoon 1 779 85 860 77 Ratoon 2 702 42 757 39 Transportation Plant crop ...

Eileen T. Kennedy, Bruce Cogill, 1987

Ananas:

PROFITABILITY OF THE FIRST RATOON CROP The advantage of first and subsequent ratoon crops is their reduced cost. All work connected with planting is eliminated. However, the yield obtained must be satisfactory without too great an  ...

Claude Py, Jean Joseph Lacoeuilhe, Claude Teisson, 1987

A methodology for on-farm cropping systems research

Therefore, unlike the rice-rice pattern, where farmers' own technology, rice- mungbean, offers a higher MBCR, the rice- ratoon pattern is clearly a promising alternative to rice-fallow. Farmers wishing to earn more income through additional ...

‎1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RATOON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ratoon is used in the context of the following news items.

Millions of farmers keep faith in sugar cane, shrug off poor returns

Also, given the low cost of taking a second harvest from the stubs of cane roots, known as ratoon, means farmers will stay with it, Munankar added. «Business Insider, May 15»

Pemprov Jambi Intensifkan Rehabilitasi Perkebunan Tebu

Bongkar ratoon dan rawat ratoon yang difokuskan di sentra perkebunan tebu di Kabupaten Kerinci Jambi itu berawal dari keterbatasan modal petani dalam ... «BeritaSatu, Apr 15»

Clive Thomas the intellectual and activist

In 1971, the same year of the unsuccessful attempt on the life of the late Ratoon member and WPA activist Dr Joshua Ramsammy, there was a kidnap attempt on ... «Stabroek News, Feb 15»

Rice farmers have successful second crop

South Louisiana rice farmers are enjoying an excellent second crop this year, a "ratoon crop," Steve Linscombe of the LSU AgCenter in Crowley confirmed. «The Daily Advertiser, Dec 14»

Spectacle pour enfants avec la Cie Ratoon, chez Columban

La Cie Ratoon présente Ici, là-bas , dans le cadre des Kidsunday's.Deux étranges exploratrices partent en voyage à la découverte du monde. Les objets se ... «lavenir.net, Dec 14»

Rice ratooning

Today's agriculture technology teaches that rice ratooning is better done in an irrigated area. I am writing this because it is the beginning of harvest season for ... «Sun.Star, Nov 14»

Sugarcane production up 25 per cent in UP on modern agri practices

Another farmer, Hariom Mishra said, "Till last season, I was able to harvest 350-400 tonnes of cane per hectare but following the usage of ratoon method and ... «Economic Times, Apr 14»

House bill could protect duck hunting on Arkansas rice fields

“That summer's drought led to an early rice harvest in several parts of the country, and heavy rainfall then caused a rare secondary “ratoon” crop to sprout,” he ... «Arkansas News, Feb 14»

Bleak future for Maharashtra sugar industry ahead of polls

The ratoon crop for the next season will be about 3.5 lakh hectare taking the total area under cane cultivation to about 11 lakh hectare ," said an official of the ... «Economic Times, Jan 14»

Clearfield rice varieties for 2014 planting offer yield and quality

It is ideal for early planting, staggering harvest timing and for ratoon cropping. CL111 is a Kellogg's preferred long grain variety. CL151 offers very high yield ... «Delta Farm Press, Jan 14»