Term:
Roguing; rogueing
Definition:

The systematic removal from the seed production field of off-types, plants of another crop or variety and diseased plants.; The process of removing by hand plants of the variety grown for seed that do not appear healthy or sufficiently characteristic.

Domain:
Agriculture
Source:
Seeds toolkit, FAO, 2016 (http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6397e.pdf).; Seeds toolkit - Module 1: Development of small-scale seed enterprises, FAO, 2019 (http://www.fao.org/3/ca1490en/ca1490en.pdf).
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