- Industry: Agriculture
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Established in October 1945 with the objective of eliminating hunger and improving nutrition and standards of living by increasing agricultural productivity, FAO coordinates the efforts of governments and technical agencies in programs for developing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and ...
Mutations that are functionally allelic but structurally non-allelic; mutations at different sites in a gene.
Industry:Biotechnology
An infectious entity similar to a virus but smaller, consisting only of a strand of nucleic acid without the protein coat characteristic of a virus.
Industry:Biotechnology
Name given by William Goud to the dramatic increase in crop productivity during the third quarter of the 20th century, as result of integrated advances in genetics and plant breeding, agronomy, and pest and disease control.
Industry:Biotechnology
Natural or greenhouse conditions where the plantlets are transferred from <i>in vitro</i> conditions to soil mixtures. In such instances, plantlets must manufacture their own food supply for survival.
Industry:Biotechnology
Negative effect of a compound, as shown by altered morphology or physiology. It is meaningful only when the effect itself is also described, such as changes in the rate of cell growth, cell death, etc.
Industry:Biotechnology
Nitrogen gas condensed to a liquid with a boiling point of about -196°C. Very commonly the medium in which containers of genetic material are stored.
Industry:Biotechnology
Nodule of wood which can give rise to adventitious shoots with juvenile characteristics.
Industry:Biotechnology
Non-hereditary and reversible variation; often the result of a change in gene expression.
Industry:Biotechnology
Non-surgical transfer of embryo(s) to a recipient female. As <i>in vitro</i> embryo technology develops, artificial inembryonation will gradually replace artificial insemination.
Industry:Biotechnology
Not heatproof, e.g., a substance which disintegrates or is unstable upon heating.
Industry:Biotechnology
