- 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 process that uses complete living cells or their components (e.g<i>.</i>, enzymes, chloroplasts) to effect desired physical or chemical changes.
Industry:Biotechnology
Any prokaryotic organism that does not retain the first stain (crystal violet) used in Gram's staining technique. It does retain the second stain (safranin O) and therefore has a pink colour when viewed under a light microscope. Retention of the stain is due to the structure of the cell wall.
Industry:Biotechnology
Any prokaryotic organism that retains the first stain used in the Gram technique, which gives a purple-black colour when viewed under a light microscope. Retention of the stain is due to the structure of the cell wall.
Industry:Biotechnology
Any structure capable of giving rise to a new plant by asexual or sexual reproduction, including bulbils, leafbuds, etc.
Industry:Biotechnology
Any structure with a spiral shape. The Watson and Crick model of DNA is in the form of a double helix.
Industry:Biotechnology
Any substance inhibiting the growth of an organism. The inhibitory effect can range from mild inhibition (growth retardation) to severe inhibition or death (toxic reaction). Two plant growth regulators that may act as inhibitors are ethylene and abscisic acid. The concentration of the inhibitor, the length of exposure to it, and the relative susceptibility of the organisms exposed to the inhibitor, are all important factors which determine the extent of the inhibitory effect.
Industry:Biotechnology
Any substance or object that retards a chemical reaction; a major or modifier gene that interferes with a reaction or with the expression of another gene.
Industry:Biotechnology
Any substance required by living organisms to ensure normal growth, development and maintenance.
Industry:Biotechnology
Any substance that is added to soil in order to increase its productivity. Fertilizers can be of natural origin, such as composts, or they can be inorganic (artifical fertilizer) chemical, particularly nitrates and phosphates.
Industry:Biotechnology
Any substance that is toxic to plants; usually applied to agrochemicals intended to kill specific unwanted plants, such as weeds.
Industry:Biotechnology
