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biomass

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000769

The total amount of organic matter present in an organism, population, ecosystem or given area.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000769
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymscrop biomass
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsobiological resources; biorefining; stand basal area; energy crops; biochar; bioenergy; weight; biogasification; net primary productivity; gross primary productivity; hydrothermal carbonization; carbonization; hydrochars; vegetation index; normalized difference vegetation index; organic matter; necromass; energy cane; biomass burning; dry matter accumulation; mass; renewable resources; wastes; growth and development; aboveground biomass; belowground biomass; biomass production; microbial biomass; phytomass; woody biomass
TranslationsSpanish: biomasa
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000769",
  "term": "biomass",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The total amount of organic matter present in an organism, population, ecosystem or given area.",
  "synonyms": [
    "crop biomass"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "biological resources",
    "biorefining",
    "stand basal area",
    "energy crops",
    "biochar",
    "bioenergy",
    "weight",
    "biogasification",
    "net primary productivity",
    "gross primary productivity",
    "hydrothermal carbonization",
    "carbonization",
    "hydrochars",
    "vegetation index",
    "normalized difference vegetation index",
    "organic matter",
    "necromass",
    "energy cane",
    "biomass burning",
    "dry matter accumulation",
    "mass",
    "renewable resources",
    "wastes",
    "growth and development",
    "aboveground biomass",
    "belowground biomass",
    "biomass production",
    "microbial biomass",
    "phytomass",
    "woody biomass"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "biomasa"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/biomass/"
}

Record 769 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.