toletes

English translation: stem cuttings/ setts / seedpieces

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Portuguese term or phrase:toletes
English translation:stem cuttings/ setts / seedpieces
Entered by: Claudio Mazotti

03:52 May 8, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture
Portuguese term or phrase: toletes
Processo de plantio da cana feito de forma Manual ou Mecânica onde os toletes (uma espécie de semente da cana), são depositados em sulcos na terra, onde brotarão e desenvolverão a planta.
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stem cuttings/ setts / seedpieces
Explanation:
http://www.sugarcanecrops.com/growth_morphology/propagation/
Stem cuttings or sections of the stalks called "setts" or seed pieces propagate sugarcane. Each sett contains one or more buds. The buds, located in the root band of the node, are embryonic shoots consisting of a miniature stalk with small leaves.

www.bicol.da.gov.ph/Opportunities/sugarcane profile/topic13...
First, sugarcane is a fairly deep-rooted plant and second, the germination of the seedpieces is favored by a well prepared land therefore, when preparing the ...
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Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
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4 +3stem cuttings/ setts / seedpieces
Claudio Mazotti
4(sugar cane) billets
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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tolete
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stem cuttings/ setts / seedpieces


Explanation:
http://www.sugarcanecrops.com/growth_morphology/propagation/
Stem cuttings or sections of the stalks called "setts" or seed pieces propagate sugarcane. Each sett contains one or more buds. The buds, located in the root band of the node, are embryonic shoots consisting of a miniature stalk with small leaves.

www.bicol.da.gov.ph/Opportunities/sugarcane profile/topic13...
First, sugarcane is a fairly deep-rooted plant and second, the germination of the seedpieces is favored by a well prepared land therefore, when preparing the ...

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
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tks!

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agree  Kevin Freyburg
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agree  Gilmar Fernandes
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agree  Paulinho Fonseca
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Reference: tolete

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