A species of bony fish (Teleostei) from the Balistidae family, approximately 39 cm in length, living in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Oceans. (Translated from https://sozluk.gov.tr/)
A baler is a machine used to compress hay or straw into bales for easy transport and storage. A bale is the simplest minimum package for marketing. (Animal Production Based on Crop Residues - Chinese Experiences, FAO 2002 http://www.fao.org/3/y1936e/y1936e0b.htm)
A double-stranded RNA virus that infects plants of the grass family (Gramineae), is not mechanically transmitted, and is transmitted by the insect species Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). It causes symptoms such as dwarfing, later browning of spindle-shaped enations, twisted and rough-looking leaves, excessive branching at the nodes, and delayed flowering in its hosts. (Translated from http://terim.tuba.gov.tr/)
Lithologic discontinuities are significant changes in particle size distribution or mineralogy that represent lithological differences within a soil column. (https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0816)
Rice straw is the vegetative part of the rice plant (Oryza sativa L.), cut at grain harvest or after. It may be burned and left on the field before the next ploughing, ploughed down as a soil improver or used as a feed for livestock. Rice straw is a major forage in rice-producing areas. (Heuzé V., Tran G., 2015. Rice straw. Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/557)
The state of a cell or organism having three sets of chromosomes. (Adapted from Aydın, I., Küçük, E., Polat, H., Haşimoğlu, A. & Altuntaş, A. 2023. Black Sea turbot – A comprehensive production manual. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper, No. 693. FAO, Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc6224en)
