General agriculture

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Plasma cells

Agriculture; General agriculture

Specialised forms of antibody-producing B-lymphocytes. They synthesise and secrete immunoglobulin. They are found only in lymphoid organs and at sites of immune responses and normally do not ...

Giant cells

Agriculture; General agriculture

Any multinucleated mass of cytoplasm not separated into cells, due to incomplete cell division or when cells fuse.

Eukaryotic cells

Agriculture; General agriculture

Cells of the higher organisms, containing a true nucleus bounded by a nuclear membrane.

Carrying capacity

Agriculture; General agriculture

The maximum population that may be sustained in an ecosystem or management unit without adverse effects to the environment.

Capacitation

Agriculture; General agriculture

The process by which a spermatozoon becomes capable of fertilising an ovum after it reaches the ampullary portion of the uterine tube.

Canola

Agriculture; General agriculture

A variety of rape which seed contains low levels of erucic acid and is high in monounsaturated fatty acids. Low levels of erucic acid make it safe for human consumption.