The phrase "a test plot" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to agriculture, research, or experiments where a specific area is designated for testing purposes.
Example: "The researchers established a test plot to evaluate the effects of different fertilizers on crop yield."
Alternatives: "an experimental plot" or "a trial plot".
The nonprofit, DC Water, runs a test plot at Wangari Gardens using recycled biosolids as compost.
For a $50 donation, Mr. Tetrault said, workshop participants can share a test plot.
The soybeans growing on a test plot in Hawaii look, grow and taste like other soybeans.
"It's all camouflaged," he continued, slipping behind a house to check up on a test plot.
Fuel crop: A field of salicornia, a saltwater-tolerant plant, at a test plot in the north African country of Eritrea.
Two years ago, scientists at the E.P.A. laboratory in Corvallis, Ore., published a paper showing that pollen from a test plot of the grass had spread as far as 13 miles downwind, much farther than many had expected.
In this case, ProdiGene, a company based in College Station, Tex., had grown corn containing some substance that it would not identify on a small test plot, less than an acre, in Nebraska last year.
I calculate the TSP, assess the strength of evidence for the classifier with a permutation test, plot the output and show how to predict outcomes for a new dataset.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Just after midnight on 14 July, three female activists clad in white HAZMAT suits and wielding motorized grass trimmers broke into an agricultural test plot near the capital, Canberra, operated by CSIRO, Australia's preeminent research organization.
Van Geen and Brittany Huhmann, a PhD student from MIT, crouched down and pushed a metal cylinder into the test plot to grab a sample of the rich soil.
"I think we have seen from results that are on the ground, if we can reduce the density of trees, we can have a better chance of controlling the wildfires," Jim Golden, forest supervisor in the neighboring Coconino National Forest, said as he escorted a visitor through one test plot.
