growth habit

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On average, each crop has 2.6 uses, therefore the total number of growthhabit-use combinations will exceed 414.
The crop database included a list of uses for each crop and growthhabit.
While this growthhabit has an advantage in fire-prone savannas, it may be costly in less fire-prone forest environments.
The indeterminate growthhabit of the cotton plant probably compensated for the increased abscission from early shade.
Planting date and yield of soybean genotypes differing in maturity group and growthhabit.
However, cotton has an indeterminate growthhabit with overlapping vegetative and fruiting phases, so it is hard to pinpoint the interface between these phases.
The three cultivars were selected for differences in maturity dates and growthhabit.
Competitive ability and growthhabit of indeterminate beans and maize for inter cropping.
Additionally, spreading growthhabit was more important to men than women farmers (3% of men's responses compared with 0.2% of women's responses).
The term 'growthhabit' defines how a species completes its life cycle.
The growthhabit and other phenotypic characteristics of the plant are apparently unaffected.
This underlines the suitability of using long-duration crops with a non-determinate growthhabit such as cassava for intercropping with a short-duration crop such as maize.
The really important thing about the growthhabit of pumpkin is that it drops almost all the leaves when the fruits reach physiological maturity.
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