sucker (en este contexto)

Spanish translation: vareta

18:30 Nov 20, 2018
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Agriculture / Plagas - Xylella fastidiosa - Olivo
English term or phrase: sucker (en este contexto)
ESPAÑA. No sé si se trata de un sinónimo de "runner" (estolón) o no:

"Indeed, mandatory actions to control vector populations are in place in the demarcated areas. These include (i) at the ground level, mechanical weeding in winter and/or spring, to mow down or cultivate native flora and other vegetation where spittlebug nymphs thrive before adult emergence; (ii) at the canopy level, apply pesticides to olives to kill the adults of P. spumarius that feed on ***suckers*** and on the crown of trees,"
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 23:26
Spanish translation:vareta
Explanation:
Si se trata de olivos, además de "chupones", como dice Robert Carter, también se llaman "varetas".
Que yo sepa, los estolones solo salen de plantas herbáceas. :-)
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Idoia Echenique
Spain
Local time: 23:26
Grading comment
I found this "most helpful" due to the comment about "los estolones solo salen de plantas herbáceas". Thanks to Robert also for the help.
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4 +4chupón
Robert Carter
4vareta
Idoia Echenique


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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
chupón


Explanation:
I know this because relatives of mine have a tomato greenhouse and I've helped them remove the extraneous suckers.

En el cultivo del tomate existen unos cuidados primordiales que debemos hacer casi semanalmente para obtener una buena cosecha entre ellas vamos a ver como podemos podar y quitar los chupones a los tomates, una tarea interesante y fundamental cuando tenemos tomateras de tamaño grande o indeterminado para tener buenos tomates , ya que si las dejamos crecer sin mas, empiezan a sacar ramas y chupones de tal manera que nos resultaría imposible controlarlo.
http://www.lahuertinadetoni.es/como-podar-y-quitar-los-chupo...

In botany, a 'sucker' is a plant growing not from a seed but from a meristem of the root at the base or at a certain distance from a tree or shrub
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_shoot

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Note added at 31 mins (2018-11-20 19:01:28 GMT)
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It's definitely what they're called here in Mexico, though I can't vouch for Spain.

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 15:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yep, in Spain too, but I'm awarding the points to Idoia for her note about "estolones". Thanks for the help again :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Idoia Echenique: Also for Spain.
34 mins
  -> Gracias, Idoia.

agree  Alfie Mendez
44 mins
  -> Gracias, Alfie.

agree  JohnMcDove: DRAE: 4. m. Vástago que brota en las ramas principales, en el tronco y aun en las raíces de los árboles, y les chupa la savia y amengua el fruto.
9 hrs
  -> Gracias, John.

agree  Pablo Cruz
13 hrs
  -> Gracias, Pablo, un saludo!
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
vareta


Explanation:
Si se trata de olivos, además de "chupones", como dice Robert Carter, también se llaman "varetas".
Que yo sepa, los estolones solo salen de plantas herbáceas. :-)



    https://www.mapa.gob.es/ministerio/pags/biblioteca/revistas/pdf_Agri/Agri_2011_944_642_647.pdf
Idoia Echenique
Spain
Local time: 23:26
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Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 31
Grading comment
I found this "most helpful" due to the comment about "los estolones solo salen de plantas herbáceas". Thanks to Robert also for the help.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Gracias por el aviso...

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