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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. plants (botany)
  4. volunteer plants
  1. Plant Production, Gardening
  2. plants (botany)
  3. volunteer plants
  1. Fields of Study
  2. behavior
  3. animal behavior
  4. environmental enrichment
  5. plants (botany)
  6. volunteer plants
  1. Fields of Study
  2. zoology
  3. animal behavior
  4. environmental enrichment
  5. plants (botany)
  6. volunteer plants
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. zoology
  3. animal behavior
  4. environmental enrichment
  5. plants (botany)
  6. volunteer plants
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal husbandry
  3. animal care
  4. environmental enrichment
  5. plants (botany)
  6. volunteer plants
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal husbandry
  3. animal care
  4. environmental enrichment
  5. plants (botany)
  6. volunteer plants

Preferred term

volunteer plants

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • crop plants as weeds
  • rogue plants
  • volunteer crops

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/198241

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