culling (plants)

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001633",
  "term": "culling (plants)",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "rogue removal",
    "rogueing",
    "roguing"
  ],
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "plant cultural practices",
    "seed crop production",
    "plant breeding"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "eliminación por selección (plantas)"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/culling-plants/"
}