The occurrence, within a single tissue, organ or organism, of mosaicism. Usually referring to plants showing either both green and albino coloration in a leaf, or flecks of contrasting colour in a flower. The origin of variegation can be through viral infection, nutritional deficiency, or genetic instability caused by transposon activity. (FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture, 2001)
Amount of water vapor in the air. (ITU, 2023. FG-AI4A WG-GLOSS Glossary – Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) for Digital Agriculture
https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/fg/T-FG-AI4A-2023-1-PDF-E.pdf)
Disease that arises from infected water and is transmitted when the water is used for drinking or cooking (e.g. cholera and typhoid). Not to be confused with water based diseases or with water related diseases. (United Nations Organization (1997) Glossary of environment statistics. Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division. Studies and Methods, ST/ESA/STAT/Ser.F (67): 83 p. (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environmentgl/).)
The set of all information accessible using computers and networking, each unit of information identified by a URI. (Berners-Lee, Tim. 2000. Weaving the Web : the original design and ultimate destiny of the World Wide Web by its inventor. New York :HarperCollins Publishers,)
A single-celled organism commonly found in warm freshwater and soil. Only one type infects people: Naegleria fowleri. Exposure symptoms range from headache and nausea to seizure and hallucination. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2024. Environmental Health Sciences Glossary https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/glossary citing https://www.cdc.gov/naegleria/about)
The enzyme responsible for catalyzing the breakdown of starch into sugars; may be active in one of two forms: a-amylase and b-amylase. (IRRI, 2002. Acronyms and Glossary of Rice Related Terminology http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/images/docs/acronyms-and-glossary-of-rice-related-terminology.pdf)
Experimental devices are tools or instruments designed and used by scientists, researchers, and engineers to conduct experiments, gather data, and test hypotheses in various fields of study. Experimental devices can range from simple equipment to complex apparatuses, depending on the requirements of the experiment and the nature of the research. (AGROVOC Team, 2024)
Dosage: a specific amount of drug administered at a specific frequency (and over a certain duration). (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, 2023.
Dosage and Administration Section of Labeling for Human Prescription Drug
and Biological Products — Content and Format https://www.fda.gov/media/72142/download)
Note
Dose: a specific amount of drug taken at one time. Dosage: a specific amount of drug administered at a specific frequency (and over a certain duration, if applicable).
Somatic embryogenesis is a method of asexual reproduction that can occur naturally in various plant species and is widely used for clonal propagation, transformation and regeneration of different crops. (Salaün, C., Lepiniec, L., & Dubreucq, B. (2021). Genetic and Molecular Control of Somatic Embryogenesis. Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 10(7), 1467. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10071467)
