短たん稈かん

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

short-stalked; dwarf (of grains)

Technical term in agriculture and botany, used to describe grain varieties with short stalks or dwarf growth habit.

• この短たん稈かん品ひん種しゅは倒とう伏ふくに強つよい。

  This short-stalked variety is resistant to lodging.

• 短たん稈かんのイネは収しゅう穫かくしやすい。

  Dwarf rice plants are easy to harvest.