HORTICULTURAL ACTIVITY DEDICATED TO THE LARGE-SCALE PROPAGATION AND PRODUCTION OF PLANTS FOR SALE.
BUSINESS SPECIALISED IN COMMERCIAL PLANT PRODUCTION.
MACHINE USED TO HARVEST OLIVES. IT DISLODGES THE FRUITS BY CLAMPING A HEAD TO THE TRUNK OR SCAFFOLD BRANCHES, WHICH GENERATES HIGH FREQUENCY, LOW INTENSITY VIBRATIONS.
See olive; olive fruit (1)
PHYSICAL PROPERTY OF THE SOIL USED TO DESCRIBE THE RELATIVE PERCENTAGE OF DIFFERENT GRAIN SIZES OF MINERAL PARTICLES IN A SOIL. IT IS IMPORTANT IN THE STUDY OF SOILS AND LAND BECAUSE IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT BEARING ON THEIR PHYSICO–MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AS WELL AS ON WATER AND AIR DYNAMICS
PART OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE SUITED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANT SPECIES, OWING TO ITS STRUCTURE, AND WHICH IS USED TO GROW AGRICULTURAL CROPS.
TOP LAYER OF THE EARTH WHICH HAS SLOWLY FORMED THROUGH DECOMPOSITION OF THE UNDERLYING ROCK MATERIAL (PARENT ROCK) UNDER THE ACTION OF ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS (CLIMATE) AND VEGETATION OR THROUGH THE DEPOSIT OF MATERIALS TRANSPORTED BY RIVERS, SEAS (ALLUVIAL SOILS) OR THE WIND (“LOESS OR VOLCANIC ASH
METHOD OF IRRIGATION WHERE WATER IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE PLANT FROM BELOW THE SOIL SURFACE.