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The ratio between genetic variance and phenotypic variance used by plant breeders in selecting for yield, resistance or other characteristics.
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Habgood name
A number representing a combination of genes in the mathematical system of nomenclature devised by Habgood (1970).
habilidad combinatoria
English: combining ability [definition]
Portugués: habilidade de combinação
habilidade de combinação
English: combining ability [definition]
Español: aptitud combinatoria
habillage
Technique de pépinière qui consiste, principalement dans les régions semiarides, à élaguer les racines et les rameaux des jeunes plans, quelque temps avant de les transporter sur le lieu de la plantation et de les y planter.
habit (growth)
the characteristic general appearance, i.e., shape, posture, and mode of growth, rather than size or color, of an organism -note with plants, growth form is preferably termed the (growth) habit, e.g., pyramidal and erect, bushy and procumbent -see life-form

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Source: Dictionary of Forestry (1998) published by the Society of American Foresters, 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814-...
habitáculo
Deutsch: Nische
English: niche [definition]
Français: niche [definition]
habitat
i) Part of an ecosystem with conditions in which an organism naturally occurs or can establish [ICPM, 2005]

Source: FAO, 2005. Glossary of Phytosanitary Terms. ISPM Pub. No. 5. Rome, Italy: FAO.

ii) a unit area of environment

iii) the place, natural or otherwise, (including climate, food, cover, and water) where an animal, plant, or population naturally or normally lives and...
habitat
i) Partie d'un écosystème présentant des conditions dans lesquelles un organisme existe à l'état naturel ou peut s'établir [CIMP, 2005]

Source: FAO, 2005. Glossaire des termes phytosanitaires. ISPM Pub. No. 5. Rome, Italie: FAO.

ii) Gîte naturel, ou non, d'une plante ou d'un animal, considéré plus particulièrement quant aux facteurs du milieu qui le conditionnent.
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