General agriculture

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Genomic libraries

Agriculture; General agriculture

Collections of cloned DNA fragments present in a cell or organism derived directly from chromosomal DNA.

A masticatory (also known as betel quid) used in India and Southeast Asia, consisting of a piece of Areca nut (sometimes inaccurately called the betel nut) rolled up with mineral lime in a leaf of ...

Autotrophs

Agriculture; General agriculture

Organisms which are capable of producing organic matter from inorganic materials by utilising energy, such as chlorophyll-containing plants and bacteria. Contrast with heterotrophs.

Self-efficacy

Agriculture; General agriculture

A person's sense of his own capabilities in order to cope with a wide variety of demanding situations.

Autogeny

Agriculture; General agriculture

Reproduction in which a blood meal or ingested food is not required for egg development.

Autopolyploidy

Agriculture; General agriculture

Polyploidy in which the individual or strain has two or more multiples of the haploid sets of chromosomes. Both sets of chromosomes from parents have been duplicated in the offspring, sometimes ...

Atolls

Agriculture; General agriculture

Coral reef islands that form a circular, oval or crescent shape surrounding a central lagoon and are commonly found in the tropical waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.