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Volunteer plants

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006742

Plants found growing without having been planted, as by natural regeneration, and if undesired, are considered weeds. In crop rotation fields, volunteers from the previous year's crop may germinate and establish in the current crop; these "crop plants as weeds" or "rogue" plants may require control measures.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006742
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
Synonymscrop plants as weeds; rogue plants; volunteer crops
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoPlants (botany); Weeds
TranslationsSpanish: plantas espontáneas
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006742",
  "term": "Volunteer plants",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Plants found growing without having been planted, as by natural regeneration, and if undesired, are considered weeds. In crop rotation fields, volunteers from the previous year's crop may germinate and establish in the current crop; these \"crop plants as weeds\" or \"rogue\" plants may require control measures.",
  "synonyms": [
    "crop plants as weeds",
    "rogue plants",
    "volunteer crops"
  ],
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "plants (botany)",
    "weeds"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "plantas espontáneas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/volunteer-plants/"
}

Record 6,634 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.