A large platform operating on the surface of the water column. Objective definitions for guidelines: >50m length (EU), >100 foot length (USA), >300 GRT weight (SOLAS). Subjective definition: a ship is a vessel big enough to carry a boat. (NERC Vocabulary Server http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L06/current/30/)
Shot hole disease is caused by Wilsonomyces carpophilus and affects Prunus spp. Hosts include almonds, Catalina and Japanese flowering cherries, English laurel, ornamental plums, nectarines, peaches, and especially apricot. The fungal disease also causes premature leaf drop, rough and corky or scabby lesions on fruit that are brown with dark purple margins and mostly on the upper surface, and small cankers on branches. Tiny, dark specks (sporodochium and spores) visible with a hand lens form in the centers of brown spots, especially on buds; these dark fungal spores help to distinguish shot hole from other diseases. (Adapted from Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California. 2017. Shot hole, or Coryneum blight—Wilsonomyces carpophilus https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/GARDEN/FRUIT/DISEASE/shothole.html)
An attractant is a chemical or visual stimulus that results in movement of a pest towards the source. (IAEA. 2006. SIT-Glossary https://nucleus-qa.iaea.org/sites/naipc/twd/Pages/SIT-Glossary.aspx)
A sibling is a relative that shares at least one parent with the subject. A male sibling is a brother and a female sibling is a sister. A person with no siblings is an only child. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibling)
Demersal fish are fish that live and feed on or near the bottom of water bodies, in contrast with pelagic fish, which live in the pelagic zone of oceans and lakes. (https://tethys.pnnl.gov/receptor/demersal-fish)
Half-section of a slaughtered animal, typically a large mammal like cattle or buffalo, that has been split down the middle of the backbone. (AGROVOC Team, 2025)
