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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 ...
Variation not represented by distinct classes. Phenotypes grade into each other, and measurement data are required for analysis. Multiple genes are usually responsible for this type of variation. a.k.a. quantitative variation. <i>cf</i> discontinuous variation.
Industry:Biotechnology
Vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) formed by the vascular cambium during secondary growth in a vascular plant.
Industry:Biotechnology
Vegetative, somatic, non-sexual reproduction of a plant without fertilization. <i>cf</i> apomixis.
Industry:Biotechnology
Verb: To break a phospho-diester bond in the backbone of one of the strands of a duplex DNA molecule. <i>cf</i> cleave; cut.
Industry:Biotechnology
Very dilute substance synthesized and released by some pathogen, and which interacts with the host metabolism.
Industry:Biotechnology
Vesicles produced by subdivision and fragmentation of protoplasts or thin-walled cells.
Industry:Biotechnology
Vessel in which fermentation takes place. A tank bioreactor is a vessel in which a micro-organism is grown in a large volume of liquid. This contrasts with fibre or membrane bioreactors and immobilized cell reactors. The large majority of bioreactors used in biotechnology are tank bioreactors, and most tank bioreactors are stirred-tank bioreactors, because stirring helps to distribute effectively gas and nutrients to the growing organism.
Industry:Biotechnology
Virus diseases characterized by symptomatic curling of the host's leaves.
Industry:Biotechnology
Water and dissolved substances, sugar, amino acids, waste substances, etc., in the plant cell vacuole.
Industry:Biotechnology
Water held by the cell and not released if freezing occurs in the intercellular space. <i>cf</i> free water.
Industry:Biotechnology
