sow the seeds of something
sow
noun[ C ]
uk /saʊ/ us /saʊ/
an adult female pig母猪
 
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sow | American Dictionary

sow
verb[ I/T ]
us/soʊ/past tensesowed | past participlesownus/soʊn/sowed
to put seeds in the ground so that plants will grow:
[ T ]Settlers sowed the seeds they had brought with them.
sow
noun[ C ]
us/sɑʊ/
an adult female pig

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sow
As a simplified representation of the farm labour force, the farmer carries out tasks on both sows and batches.
Real-time measures of canopy size as a basis for spatially varying nitrogen applications to winter wheat sown at different seed rates.
Similarly, in 1995 successive delays in sowing caused dramatic yield declines, and the maximum yield was much lower, at 0.44 t ha71.
Both groups were sowed in plastic trays (37 x 28 cm) containing regularly moistened vermiculite.
Farmers do not follow standard agronomic practices, and plant at varied population densities and sowing dates.
Variation in soil temperatures accounted for 96 and 99 % of the variation in tuber yield at varied population densities and sowing dates, respectively.
Plots were mechanically sown on ridges in a randomized complete block design with three replications (rainy season) and five replications (dry season).
Of the 44 villages that received seed in 1996, 28 were visited and all of them had sown the seed.
The sows are assigned to the following pools : replacement gilts, batches and culled sows.
A statistical comparison of means indicated that the mean and the amplitude of variation in the number of sows culled reached equilibrium after eight cycles.
There were no significant differences between the blocks sown on different dates.
Spring wheat was sown on several successive dates.
Scenarios of two cultivars sown with two seed sizes are presented.
The resprouts were cut and incorporated at the time of maize sowing each season and again five weeks later.
Application of compost to the maize crop was mostly done during sowing or just before land preparation.
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