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Seeding rate

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCommon term

In agriculture, seeding rate means: The amount of seed sown per unit of area, given as kilograms per hectare or as number of seeds per square meter or hectare.

In Turkish: ekim normu, tohum miktarı

How it is used

Agronomists calculate and adjust the seeding rate according to seed size, germination, sowing date and soil moisture. Also called 'seed rate' or 'sowing rate'. For maize and sunflower, people usually talk about plant population instead.

Example sentences

  1. Increase the seeding rate by ten percent if you sow late.

  2. The recommended seeding rate for wheat here is about 450 seeds per square meter.

Common collocations

  • seeding rate
  • recommended seeding rate
  • adjust the seeding rate
  • seeds per square meter
  • plant population
  • seedThe small part of a plant from which a new plant grows; in farming, also the grain or material kept or bought for sowing.
  • sowTo put seeds in or on the soil so that they will grow into plants, by hand or with a machine.
  • seed drillA machine that places seeds in rows at a set depth and rate and covers them with soil, often applying fertilizer at the same time.
  • germinationThe process in which a seed starts to grow and sends out a root and a shoot, once it has enough water, warmth and oxygen.
  • hectareA metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters, or ten decares; the standard unit for land and yields in international agriculture.

More terms: Crop Production

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