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Water use efficiency

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006769

A characteristic of plants which is measured by the amount of dry matter or harvestable product produced per unit of water used by the plant.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006769
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
AbbreviationWUE
Synonymsprecipitation use efficiency
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoPlant-water relations; Crop coefficient; Water requirement
TranslationsSpanish: eficacia en el uso del agua
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006769",
  "term": "Water use efficiency",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A characteristic of plants which is measured by the amount of dry matter or harvestable product produced per unit of water used by the plant.",
  "abbreviation": "WUE",
  "synonyms": [
    "precipitation use efficiency"
  ],
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "plant-water relations",
    "crop coefficient",
    "water requirement"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "eficacia en el uso del agua"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/water-use-efficiency/"
}

Record 6,661 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.