Evaporation is the rate of water loss from a free water surface such as a reservoir, lake, pool, or saturated soil. (Éireann, Ireland’s National Meteorological Service. 2025. Agri-Meteorological Data https://www.met.ie/climate/services/agri-meteorological-data)
Patch budding involves removal of a rectangle-shaped patch of bark with the longer sides parallel to the axis of the stem of the rootstock, which is replaced with a bud patch of the same size (AGROVOC team)
Altered reactivity to an antigen, which can result in pathologic reactions upon subsequent exposure to that particular antigen. (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/6555)
Economic unit of production, under single management, that independently directs and manages all the functions needed to carry out production activities. (FAO. 2017. World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020. Volume I Programme, concepts and definitions. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/i4913e)
