Suberin is a lipophilic macromolecule found in specialized plant cell walls, wherever insulation or protection toward the surroundings is needed. Suberized cells form the periderm, the tissue that envelops secondary stems as part of the bark, and develop as the sealing tissue after wounding or leaf abscission. (Graça J. Suberin: the biopolyester at the frontier of plants. Front Chem. 2015 Oct 30;3:62. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2015.00062. PMID: 26579510; PMCID: PMC4626755.)
A shift in CO2 emissions away from countries taking stringent GHG mitigation actions towards countries taking less stringent or no mitigation actions. (FAO. 2018. The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2018. Agricultural trade, climate change and food security. Rome. https://www.fao.org/3/I9542EN/i9542en.pdf)
Formulation designed to form a surface layer on application to water. (FAO/WHO. 2016. Manual on development and use of FAO and WHO specifications for pesticides. 1st Edition, 3rd revision, FAO, Rome. Available online: http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/thematic-sitemap/theme/pests/jmps/manual/en/ )
Food bioactive compounds are extranutritional constituents that typically occur in small quantities in foods. In summary, numerous bioactive compounds appear to have beneficial health effects. (Teodoro, Anderson Junger, Bioactive Compounds of Food: Their Role in the Prevention and Treatment of Diseases, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2019, 3765986, 4 pages, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/3765986)
Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) are countries with a lack of territorial access to the sea. Remoteness and isolation from world markets, additional border crossings, cumbersome transit procedures, inefficient logistics systems, weak institutions and poor infrastructure cause LLDCs to incur substantially higher transport and other trade transaction costs when compared to coastal countries. (UN 2021, https://www.un.org/ohrlls/sites/www.un.org.ohrlls/files/landlocked_developing_countries_factsheet.pdf)
Phosphorescence is a process in which energy absorbed by a substance is released relatively slowly in the form of light. (Wikipedia, 2024. Phosphorescence https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorescence)
Air-sea coupling is a process that involves the exchange of heat, water vapor, and momentum. Air-sea coupling can affect sea surface temperature and upper temperature stratification and can affect atmospheric boundary layer stability. (Atmoshphere. Special Issue: Air-sea coupling. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/air_sea#info)
A species of animal or plant threatened with extinction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) refers to category “Critically Endangered”, species that face an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future. (Adapted from FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
A granular formulation, which may contain water-insoluble formulants, to be applied as an oil-in-water emulsion of the active constituent(s) after disintegration in water. (http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/agphome/documents/Pests_Pesticides/Specs/JMPS_Manual_2016/3rd_Amendment_JMPS_Manual.pdf)
Oat chlorotic stunt virus is a species of Avenavirus. The symptoms in infected oat plants consist of severe stunting and bright yellow chlorotic streaking of the leaves. Yellow areas often become necrotic as the leaves age. (Adapted from Wikipedia. 2025. Avenavirus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenavirus and DPVweb.net. nd. Descriptions of Plant Viruses. Oat chlorotic stunt virus https://dpvweb.net/dpv/showdpv/?dpvno=388)
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava)
