In electroporation, plant protoplasts take up macromolecules from their surrounding fluid, facilitated by an electrical impulse. (National Research Council (US) Committee on Identifying and Assessing Unintended Effects of Genetically Engineered Foods on Human Health. Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2004. 2, Methods and Mechanisms for Genetic Manipulation of Plants, Animals, and Microorganisms. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK215771/)
Feed adulteration is a subcategory of feed fraud in which the composition of the product is changed during the period of growth, storage, processing, transport or distribution of the feed products by i) addition of substances, ii) substitution of ingredients and/or iii) dilution of ingredients. (Adapted from Feed and food safety in times of global production and trade: Vol. 4/2019. (2019). Bundesinst. für Risikobewertung. https://doi.org/10.17590/20190930-102623)
A growth ring is the ring of growth found in some living organisms, such as trees. Some animals such as shells and corals also have annual growth rings. (https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_ring)
Food safety is a science-based discipline, process or action that prevents food from containing substances that could harm a person’s health. Food safety aims to have food that is safe to eat. (FAO. 2023. Food safety and quality – Q&A on food safety. In: FAO [online]. Rome. [Cited 8 February 2023]. https://www.fao.org/food-safety/background/qa-on-food-safety/en/)
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A feed or food used with another to improve nutritive balance of performance. (Adapted from Tacon, A.G.J., 1987. The nutrition and feeding of farmed fish and shrimp - A training manual 2. Nutrient sources and composition. FAO Field Document. Project GCP/RLA/075/ITA, Field Document No. 5/E Brasilia, Brazil, 129 p. https://www.fao.org/4/ab468e/AB468E00.htm)
Alllelism: The relationship between alleles in different parents. When the alleles of two parents belong to the same gene (locus), they are allelic; otherwise, non-allelic. (IRRI, 2002. Acronyms and Glossary of Rice Related Terminology http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/images/docs/acronyms-and-glossary-of-rice-related-terminology.pdf)
A therapeutic garden is designed for use as a component of a treatment program such as occupational therapy, physical therapy, or horticultural therapy programs. (North Carolina State University Extension, 2024. Healing/Therapy/Ability Gardens. [Cited 8 November 2024]. https://therapeutic-hort.ces.ncsu.edu/therapeutic-hort-gardens/)
On Apiaceae. Gall: mycelium white, generally dense-felty, amphigenous; partly internal. Conidiophores emerge through the stomata, septate. Conidia solitary, without fibrosin bodies; the firstly formed conidia are lanceolate with a narrowed tip; the later formed conidia are oblong-elliptic. (Plant Parasites of Europe. 2021. Leveillula braunii. https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/fungi/)
The Mealy Plum Aphid, (Hyalopterus pruni), is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalopterus_pruni)
