- 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 ...
Any substance that kills or inhibits the growth of disease-causing micro-organism (a micro-organism capable of causing sepsis), but is essentially non-toxic to cells of the body.
Industry:Biotechnology
Anything which forms a shell around an enzyme or bacterium, although the agents used are usually polysaccharides such as alginate or agar. The agents are inert and allow nutrients and oxygen to diffuse into and out of the sphere readily, and are easy to convert from gel (solid) to sol (liquid) or solution form by altering the temperature or the concentration of ions.
Industry:Biotechnology
Application of fine droplets of water to leafy cuttings in the rooting stage to reduce transpiration.
Industry:Biotechnology
Applied to a plant or propagation source, this term denotes correct cultivar identification and lack of variation in productivity or performance. Verification is determined visually by an expert or through biochemical, serological or other means.
Industry:Biotechnology
Applied to an organism or a part thereof, implying considerable development from the ancestral stage or from the explant stage.
Industry:Biotechnology
Area of biology concerned with chromosomes and their implications in genetics, cellular activity and variability.
Industry:Biotechnology
As practised in plant and animal breeding, the choosing of individuals for reproduction from the entire population on the basis of individual phenotypes.
Industry:Biotechnology
Asepsis or sterile. The state of being free of contaminating organisms (bacteria, fungi, algae and all micro-organisms except viruses) but not necessarily free of internal symbionts.
Industry:Biotechnology
Aseptic culture of grain panicle segments to induce microspore germination and development.
Industry:Biotechnology
