An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Plant Production, Gardening > plant cultural practices > culling (plants)
Preferred Term:

culling (plants)

Definition:
The individual removal of genetically undesirable, inferior, weak, diseased or infested plants from a planting in order to ensure the level of genetic purity or vigor of the crop.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
plant cultural practices
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • rogue removal
  • roguing
  • rogueing
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/104900
Download this Concept:
RDF/XMLCreated 2007-07-25, last modified 2015-11-04