The aggregate of all practices required to grow a plant to maturity and produce seed, including those practices necessary for harvesting and preparing seeds for subsequent plantings. (Soil Science Society of America. nd. Glossary of Crop Science Terms. https://www.soils.org/publications/crops-glossary/browse/s?q=publications/crops-glossary/browse/s/)
Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum) originated in India. Today, kodo millet is primarily grown in damp habitats across the tropics and subtropics of the world. (Adapted from FAO and ICRISAT, 1996. The World Sorghum and Millet Economies: Facts, Trends and Outlook. https://www.fao.org/3/w1808e/w1808e00.htm and from FAO. 2023. Millets recipe book - International Year of Millets 2023. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8019en)
Gaeolaelaps aculeifer (Canestrini) is a well-known generalist predator currently commercialized to control several edaphic organisms, including Diptera larvae and thrips pre-pupae and pupae. (Diana Rueda-Ramírez , Diana Rios-Malaver, Amanda Varela-Ramírez, Gilberto J. De Moraes "Colombian population of the mite Gaeolaelaps aculeifer as a predator of the thrips Frankliniella occidentalis and the possible use of an astigmatid mite as its factitious prey," Systematic and Applied Acarology, 23(12), 2359-2372, (12 December 2018))
Zabrus (Pelor) spinipes is a species of ground beetle belonging to the family Carabidae, genus Zabrus, subgenus Pelor. (Wikipedia. 2025. Zabrus spinipes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabrus_spinipes)
CAS Registry Number: 208465-21-8 (Mesosulfuron-methyl. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. https://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=208465-21-8 (retrieved 2025-02-25) (CAS RN: 208465-21-8). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).)
Orbital velocity may refer to: The orbital speed of a revolving body in a gravitational field; The velocity of particles due to wave motion, such as those in wind waves; The equivalent velocity of a bound electron needed to produce its orbital kinetic energy. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_velocity)
Branch of pisciculture specialized in the propagation and the rearing of flatfish. (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.)
Phylogenetics is the study of phylogenies—that is, the study of the evolutionary relationships of species. (Supratim Choudhuri, in Bioinformatics for Beginners, 2014 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-410471-6.00009-8)
Heavy water is water that contains heavy hydrogen - also known as deuterium - in place of regular hydrogen. (https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Heavy_water)
The generic term “e-learning” describes any form of electronically supported learning, ranging from the use of learning software on a personal computer to the use of an intranet or the Internet for interaction within networks (“Web-based training”). Forms of e-learning vary in the manner of data submission, potential of interaction, flexibility of learning media and underlying didactics. The different electronic learning approaches all have in common the use of multimedia, combining text, sound, graphics and/or video on a computer platform. (Unasylva No. 216, FAO, 2004 (Y5382))
A toxic compound produced naturally by the cotton plant as a defence mechanism against insects. Gossypol is toxic to humans and non-ruminant animals. (FAO. 2021. Recent trends and prospects in the world cotton market and policy developments. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb3269en)
