A storage root is a specialized underground organ that undergoes modifications during its development to store nutrients. (Vanderschuren, H., & Agusti, J. (23 June 2022). Quick guide: storage roots. Current Biology, 32 (R1-R3). doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.034)
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Some plants bear belowground storage organs. However, not all of these are storage roots. The swollen hypocotyls of beet, corms of ensete and taro, and potato tubers are actually stems, while other crops such as carrot, sweet potato and cassava develop true storage roots.
Set of spatial units, with a geometric, and/or topologic, and/or thematic coherence. The elevation of a point. (Adapted from https://www.geolexica.org/concepts/concept-1572/ and Nijland, H.J., F.W. Croon and H.P. Ritzema, 2005. Subsurface Drainage Practices: Guidelines for the implementation, operation and maintenance of subsurface pipe drainage systems. Wageningen, Alterra, ILRI Publication no. 60, pp. 608. https://edepot.wur.nl/264729)
Back-calculation is a process whereby generally unobservable features of an event leading to a disease outbreak can be inferred either in real-time or shortly after the end of the outbreak. (https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2015.0096)
Boar is an adult male swine. (The Livestock Conservancy. 2024. ANIMAL TERMS AND THEIR PROPER USAGE, https://livestockconservancy.org/resources/animal-terms/)
Sections of intertidal or subtidal terrain and overlying water delineated and legislated where no fishing or collection of certain species or groups of animals or plants can occur for a defined period. (FAO, 2014.Fisheries and Aquaculture Department)
Dried chillies are obtained by drying the fresh ripe fruit of the paprika, which is a plant from the Capsicum genus. The most widely spread species of Capsicum genus used for the production of dried chillies is Capsicum annuum, which includes three main groups of varieties: longum (elongated shape), grossum (bell-shaped) and abbreviatum (round to flattened shape). Aside from Capsicum annum, other Capsicum species are also used for drying, including Capsicum frutescens, Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum chinense and Capsicum pubescens. (CBI. 2025. The European market potential for dried chillies https://www.cbi.eu/market-information/spices-herbs/dried-chillies/market-potential)
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Chillies and green peppers are included in statistics on vegetables when they are harvested for consumption as vegetables and not processed into spices.
Weak, wave-like disturbance of the intertropical convergence zone driven by the release of latent heat in accompanying convective precipitation. It usually propagates westwards (International meteorological vocabulary, World Meteorological Organization 1992)
