General agriculture

General agriculture

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Sward

Agriculture; General agriculture

A mixture of grass, legumes and other species which are close-growing and form a dense stand that covers the ground.

Food defence

Agriculture; General agriculture

The overall process of protecting the food supply from intentional contamination, including preventive measures, surveillance, incident reporting and control.

Protandry

Agriculture; General agriculture

Maturation first of the male gonads, then of the female gonads in a hermaphroditic organism.

Proprioception

Agriculture; General agriculture

The mechanism involved in the self-regulation of posture and movement through stimuli originating in the receptors.

Prostaglandins

Agriculture; General agriculture

A group of compounds derived from unsaturated 20-carbon fatty acids, primarily arachidonic acid, via the cyclooxygenase pathway. They are extremely potent mediators of a diverse group of ...

Lymphocyte proliferation

Agriculture; General agriculture

Morphologic alteration of small lymphocytes in culture into large blast-like cells able to synthesise DNA and RNA and to divide mitotically. It is induced by interleukins, mitogens such as ...