Leaf blotch is a general term for a plant disease characterized by irregularly shaped spots or blotches on the leaves of a plant. These blotches are typically caused by fungal or bacterial pathogens. (AGROVOC Team, 2025)
Blueberries are dark-purple berries of perennial flowering plants of the genus Vaccinium . (Adpated from Genome Database for Vaccinium, 2016 (https://www.vaccinium.org/species).)
Chaptalization is the process of adding sugar to unfermented grape must in order to increase the alcohol content after fermentation. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaptalization)
River connectivity refers to the flow, exchange and pathways that move organisms, energy and matter throughout the watershed system. It can be described in four dimensions: longitudinal – when water flows uninterrupted along the length of a river into downstream reaches and connected water courses; lateral – floodplain and wetland connectivity; vertical – hyporheic (below the stream bed) and temporal – many scales; seasonal, multiyear, generational. (Adapted from New South Wales Government, 2024. River connectivity https://water.dpie.nsw.gov.au/our-work/projects-and-programs/environmental-water-management-in-nsw/what-we-are-working-on-now/river-connectivity and: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2024. Connectivity: Four dimensions. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/whaf/about/5-component/dimensions.html?__cf_chl_tk=mtjHkqNjt4eh)
The movement of a cell, or the whole or part of an organism, towards or away from an increasing concentration of a particular substance. (FAO, 2001. FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture)
Bluetongue is a viral disease of ruminants transmitted by midges in the genus Culicoides. Insect-borne viral disease of ruminants. Among domestic animals, clinical disease occurs most often in sheep, and can result in significant morbidity. (http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/bluetongue.pdf)
The cherimoya (Annona cherimola), also spelled chirimoya and called chirimuya by the Inca people, is a species of edible fruit-bearing plant in the genus Annona, from the family Annonaceae. (Adapted from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherimoya)
