noun
- the process by which grasses and cereal plants produce multiple shoots or stems from a single root system
Usage: agricultural; botanical
verb
- present participle of tiller: producing multiple shoots or stems from the base of a plant
Usage: agricultural; botanical
Examples
- The wheat showed excellent tillering this season, producing many stems per plant.
- Proper fertilization encourages tillering in rice crops.
- The farmer noticed the barley was tillering well after the spring rains.
- Tillering is an important factor in determining grain yield.
- The grass is tillering rapidly in the warm weather.
- Early tillering indicates healthy root development in cereal crops.