A gene or DNA fragment from one organism that has been stably incorporated into the genome of another organism (usually plant or animal). (Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology, http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/dictionary/)
Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cucumber or exploding cucumber is native to Europe, northern Africa, and temperate areas of Asia. It is grown as an ornamental plant elsewhere. This plant, and especially its fruit, is poisonous, containing cucurbitacins. Ecballium elaterium is an emerging weed problem in hedgerow or superintensive olive groves under no tillage. (Adapted from Wikipedia, 2024. Ecballium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecballium and Torres-Sánchez, Jorge; Mesas-Carrascosa, Francisco Javier; Pérez-Porras, Fernando; López Granados, Francisca. Detection of Ecballium elaterium in hedgerow olive orchards using a low-cost uncrewed aerial vehicle and open-source algorithms. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7233 . http://hdl.handle.net/10261/342193)
Insectivory, as a subset of faunivory, is the ingestion of insect prey as some percentage of the overall diet, and often includes arthropod and/or invertebrate prey. (DeLuycker, A.M. (2017). Insectivory. In The International Encyclopedia of Primatology (eds M. Bezanson, K.C. MacKinnon, E. Riley, C.J. Campbell, K.A.I. Nekaris, A. Estrada, A.F. Di Fiore, S. Ross, L.E. Jones-Engel, B. Thierry, R.W. Sussman, C. Sanz, J. Loudon, S. Elton and A. Fuentes). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0062)
Omnivory is a feeding strategy in which animals eat food from two or more trophic levels, for example, plants and herbivores, or herbivores and their predators. (D.R. Gillespie: Omnivory – A Flexible Feeding Strategy, Reference Module in Life Sciences, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.12260-5)
The theory or practice of living solely upon vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, and nuts - with or without the addition of milk products and eggs - generally for ethical, ascetic, environmental, or nutritional reasons. (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2020)
The relative number of copies of an allele in a population, expressed as a proportion of the total number of copies of all alleles at a given locus in a population. (FAO)
The relative amounts of elements that constitute a substance, or the relative amount of substances that constitute a mixture. (Wikipedia. 2025. Chemical composition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_composition)
Bait is any substance used to attract prey, e.g. in a mousetrap. The term is especially used with regard to catching fish. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_(luring_substance))
Calcium is a chemical element with symbol Ca and atomic number 20. Classified as an alkaline earth metal, calcium is a solid at room temperature. (National Center for Biotechnology Information. PubChem Element Summary for AtomicNumber 20, Calcium. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/element/Calcium. Accessed June 25, 2024)
Transformation is a change, transformation of the appearance, form, essential properties of something. (Translated from https://dbpedia.org/page/Transformation)
Any organic substance, other than a nutrient, that is synthesized by plants and regulates growth and development. They are usually made in a particular region, such as the shoot tip, and transported to other regions, where they take effect. (FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture, 2001)
Well-being (or welfare): A general definition can be the state of happiness and contentment, with low levels of distress, overall good physical and mental health and outlook, or good quality of life. (APA Dictionary of Psychology. (2023). https://dictionary.apa.org/)
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Added scope note: For social welfare, see <c_7137>.
Control based on legal frameworks and legislation, such as preventing the entry and establishment of foreign plant and animal pest in a country or area and eradication or suppression of the pests established in a limited area through compulsory legislation or enactment. (Adapted from http://eagri.org/eagri50/ENTO232/lec15.pdf)
