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General terms related to agriculture that do not fit any other product category.

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acute course

Agriculture; General agriculture

Short and relatively severe progression of disease.

virus curing

Agriculture; General agriculture

Causing the loss of a dormant virus which has inserted itself into a bacterial genome (a lysogenized virus).

plasmid curing

Agriculture; General agriculture

The treatment of cells with a substance that interferes with plasmid replication.

curing (food products)

Agriculture; General agriculture

Any of a variety of processes that employ chemicals, smoke, sugar, or spices to preserve foods and/or modify tenderness, color or flavor.

curing (crops)

Agriculture; General agriculture

A postharvest treatment of root, tuber, and bulb crops to reduce water loss and decay during storage. In root and tuber crops, curing refers to the process of wound healing with the development and ...

import quotas

Agriculture; General agriculture

A quantitative limit placed on the importation of specific commodities.

cryptogams

Agriculture; General agriculture

Plants and plant-like organisms, such as mosses, ferns, fungi, and algae, that reproduce by spores and not by seeds.

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