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Bio agriculture
Otherwise known as organic agriculture, this refers to any term related to farming and production systems that sustain the health of soils, ecosystems and people.
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Additive genetic variance
Agriculture; Bio agriculture
The net effect of the expresson of additive genes, and thus the chief cause of the resemblance between relatives. It represents the main determinant of the response of a population to selection. ...
Composite transposon
Agriculture; Bio agriculture
A transposon formed when two identical or nearly identical transposons insert on either side of a non-transposable segment of DNA.
Saccharifaction
Agriculture; Bio agriculture
Following liquefaction, the hydrolysis of polysaccharides by glucoamylase to maltose and glucose.
Thermal gel gradient electrophoresis (TGGE)
Agriculture; Bio agriculture
A method for separating DNA fragments according to their mobility under increasingly denaturing conditions imposed by heat.
Thermophile
Agriculture; Bio agriculture
An organism which is adapted to high temperatures, such as in hot springs and geysers, smoker vents on the sea floor, and domestic hot water pipes. A wide range of bacteria, fungi and simple plants ...
Green manure
Agriculture; Bio agriculture
Plant material incorporated into the soil to improve it, while the plant material is still green
Horticulture
Agriculture; Bio agriculture
The science of growing fruits, vegetables, and decorative flowers, shrubs, and trees is called as horticulture.
