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ear droppage

Italian translation: caduta/perdita delle spighe


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English term or phrase:ear droppage
Italian translation:caduta/perdita delle spighe
Entered by: Antarie
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15:25 Mar 8, 2009
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture
English term or phrase: ear droppage
Harvesting
Corn is mature when the grain has about 30 – 32% moisture.
The best time to harvest depends on your harvest and storage system.
Timely harvesting of grain corn minimizes lodging, less ear droppage, avoids water logging and harvesting losses.
Giulio Tabossi
Local time: 21:00
caduta/perdita delle pannocchie
Explanation:


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Corn ear: http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...

Droppage: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/droppage?qsrc=2888

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Note added at 40 mins (2009-03-08 16:05:42 GMT)
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Il primo link che ho postato non si apre...comunque dice la stessa cosa di questo: http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/P/p... (ear = pannocchia)

Se nello stesso dizionario cerchi "spiga", trovi: http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/S/s... (ear = spiga)

Come diceva renzennelke, il termine corretto è **spiga**, mentre "pannocchia" è il termine impropriamente usato dall'uomo (e dalla donna =D ) di strada.
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Antarie
Local time: 21:00
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2caduta/perdita delle pannocchie
Antarie
2perdita annuale
AeC2009


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
perdita annuale


Explanation:
I tend to think that it's "year droppage", though I know I'm stretching it a bit...

droppage: the amount of fruit that falls from a tree before ripening



AeC2009
Italy
Local time: 21:00
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
caduta/perdita delle pannocchie


Explanation:


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Note added at 13 mins (2009-03-08 15:38:58 GMT)
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Corn ear: http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...

Droppage: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/droppage?qsrc=2888

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Note added at 40 mins (2009-03-08 16:05:42 GMT)
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Il primo link che ho postato non si apre...comunque dice la stessa cosa di questo: http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/P/p... (ear = pannocchia)

Se nello stesso dizionario cerchi "spiga", trovi: http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/S/s... (ear = spiga)

Come diceva renzennelke, il termine corretto è **spiga**, mentre "pannocchia" è il termine impropriamente usato dall'uomo (e dalla donna =D ) di strada.

Antarie
Local time: 21:00
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AeC2009: hai ragione..., ero distratto e non me lo sono proprio ricordato..., e sì che mi pareva di averlo trovato pochi giorni fa...
11 mins
  -> Succede (in particolare con alcune parole "maledette", che uno non si ricorda mai). Ti ringrazio. =]
agree  renzennelke: però ear, cioè il frutto del grano è la spiga
15 mins
  -> Hai ragione, ho appena scoperto che il termine scientificamente corretto è "spiga", impropriamente detta "pannocchia". Ti ringrazio per la correzione. =]
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Mar 18, 2009 - Changes made by Antarie:
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