Pectobacterium is a bacterial genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae; it used to be a member of the genus Erwinia, which was split into three genera: Erwinia, Pectobacterium, and Brenneria. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectobacterium)
Columnaris is an infectious bacterial disease of freshwater fish leading annually to severe financial and material losses at fish farms worldwide. The disease is caused by Flavobacterum columnare, a member of Bacteroidetes, which is a major bacterial pathogen of farmed freshwater fish around the world. (Mitiku, Marshet. (2018). A Review on Columnaris disease in freshwater farmed fish. Volume 5, Issue 6 - 2018. 10.22192/ijarbs.2018.05.06.007.)
Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) is a close relative of cow parsley originally from Southern Russia and Georgia. Although this striking plant can be attractive in certain situations, it is potentially invasive and the sap can cause severe skin burns. (Adapted from https://www.rhs.org.uk/weeds/giant-hogweed)
Content of mineral particles with sizes between 63-200µm in soil. Note: According to different national and international particle-size classification systems, size classes may differ slightly. (BonaRes project)
A virus with isometric (icosahedral) particles 34 nm in diameter which contain one or other of two species of single-stranded RNA. Both RNA species are essential for infectivity. The virus is transmitted by contact and by drainage water. Sweet clover necrotic mosaic virus is similar to carnation ringspot virus and red clover necrotic mosaic virus in physical and chemical properties and these three viruses form the dianthovirus group; only distant serological relationships were found between them. (DPVweb.net. 1996. Sweet clover necrotic mosaic virus https://www.dpvweb.net/dpv/showdpv/?dpvno=321)
Despite the morphological similarities between P.ixocarpa and P. philadelphica, these are different species. The former is distinguished from the latter bya capitate stigma, and relatively smaller flower andfruit (Fernandes 1974; Hanelt and IPK 2001).
Ability of soil to provide ecosystem services through its capacities to perform soil functions such as biodiversity, productivity, water filtering and buffering, and nutrient cycling. (BonaRes project)
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The terms soil quality (favoured by scientists) and soil health (favoured by farmers) tend to be used interchangeably.
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a flowering plant species of the Cucurbitaceae family and the name of its edible fruit. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon)
A group of RNA viruses whose negative single strand of viral RNA (3' to 5') has base sequence complementary to the positive sense strand (5' to 3'). The negative viral RNA must be converted by RNA polymerase to positive-sense RNA before it can be translated into protein. (NALT https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4)
Branch of pisciculture specialized in the propagation and the rearing of groupers. (Adapted from Huet, M. (1986) Textbook of fish culture. Breeding and cultivation of fish. Farnham, Surrey, England, Fishing News Books Ltd. 438 p. 2nd ed.)
The capital value of a property is what a property will sell for. (Multilingual thesaurus on land tenure (English version)
ISBN 92-5-104283-7
http://www.fao.org/3/a-x2038e.pdf)
Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. (MeSH. 2024. Echocardiography. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004452)
Water used for industrial purposes such as manufacturing, processing, washing, and cooling. Includes such industries as steel, chemical and allied products, paper and allied products, mining, and petroleum refining. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
