Bio agriculture

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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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 ...

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.

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. ...

green manure

Agriculture; Bio agriculture

plant material incorporated into the soil to improve it, while the plant material is still green

conversion

Agriculture; Bio agriculture

Turning a non-organic agricultural holding into an organic one. The lengthy and complicated process is required by regulations in order to be able to use organic logos and labelling.

locavore

Agriculture; Bio agriculture

A locavore is a person interested in eating food that is locally produced, not moved long distances to market. The locavore movement in the United States and elsewhere was spawned as interest in ...