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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

growing season

Subject Category: P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Definition: Determined by climate, geographical location, and crop selection, the period of the year in which crops grow best.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/26899.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/26899
Broader Term: seasons
Related Term: climatic zones; crop production; crop year; heat sums; maturity groups; planting season; sowing date
Spanish: período de crecimiento
Term Number: 26899

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