- 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 ...
A statistical measure of variation in a population of means, used to indicate how well sample estimates represent population parameters.
Industry:Biotechnology
A steroid hormone in insects that stimulates moulting and metamorphosis. It acts on specific genes, stimulating the synthesis of proteins involved in these bodily changes.
Industry:Biotechnology
A steroid hormone that regulates gene expression in higher animals.
Industry:Biotechnology
A strain in which all members have descended by self-fertilization or close inbreeding . A pure line is genetically uniform.
Industry:Biotechnology
A strand of tissue containing primary xylem and primary phloem (and procambium if present) and frequently enclosed by a bundle sheath of parenchyma or fibres.
Industry:Biotechnology
A strand of tissue containing primary xylem and primary phloem (and procambium if present) and frequently enclosed by a bundle sheath of parenchyma or fibres.
Industry:Biotechnology
A stretchable film based on paraffin wax; used to seal tubes and Petri dishes. ParafilmTM is a proprietary name which is applied colloquially to similar products.
Industry:Biotechnology
