Lotus roots are the rhizomes of lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, an aquatic perennial. Lotus roots are widely used as an edible vegetable in East Asia. (AGROVOC Team)
Porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED), also occasionally referred to as porcine epidemic diarrhoea syndrome, is a non-zoonotic viral disease of pigs caused by a coronavirus and characterised by watery diarrhoea and weightloss. (https://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/fr/Media_Center/docs/pdf/factsheet_PEDV.pdf)
The record derives from WCSP which reports it as an accepted name (record 300475) with original publication details: Fl. Turkey 11: 323 2000 publ. 2001. (http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-300475)
Oceanic islands are islands that do not sit on continental shelves. The vast majority are volcanic in origin. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island#Oceanic_islands)
Narcosis while diving (also known as nitrogen narcosis) is a reversible alteration in consciousness that occurs while diving at depth. It is caused by the anesthetic effect of certain gases at high pressure. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_narcosis)
The thousand-seed weight (TSW) is the weight of 1000 pure seeds from the submitted sample. (International Rules for Seed Testing 2019Including changes and editorial corrections adopted at the Ordinary General Meeting 2018, Sapporo, JapanEffective from 1 January 2019Chapter 10: Thousand-seed weight (TSW) determinationInternational Rules for Seed Testing, Chapter 10, i–10-2 (8) https://doi.org/10.15258/istarules.2019.10)
The release of gas bubbles that have accumulated in the sediment from the sediment to the water column and atmosphere. (Morvarid Khazraee Zamanpour, Raja Shankar Kaliappan, Karl John Rockne, Gas ebullition from petroleum hydrocarbons in aquatic sediments: A review, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 271, 2020, 110997, ISSN 0301-4797, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenv)
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Ebullition transports large amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane from aquatic sediments to the atmosphere.
The strategic use of development finance for the mobilization of additional finance towards sustainable development in developing countries. It attracts commercial capital towards projects that contribute to sustainable development, while providing financial returns to investors. (OECD. 2024. Blended finance. https://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/blended-finance-principles/)
The common name of this plant may be misleading because it does not represent a dwarf form of the almond tree (Prunus dulcis), but is a well defined distinct species.
P. fraxini (DC.) Fuss, Archiv des Vereins für Siebenbürgische Landeskunde, Neue Folge 14(2): 463 (1878). (Kabaktepe, Sanli & Heluta, Vasyl & Akata, Ilgaz. (2015). Checklist of Powdery mildews (Erysiphales) in Turkey. Biological Diversity and Conservation. 8. 128-146. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288833678_Checklist_of_Powdery_mildews_Erysiphales_in_Turkey)
