Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, Pennisetum glaucum, P. americanum) is the most widely grown of all millets. It is also known as bulrush millet, babala, bajra, cumbu, dukhn, gero, sajje, sanio or souna. Pearl millet can be grown on poor, sandy soils in dry areas that are unsuitable for maize, sorghum or finger millet. (Adapted from FAO and ICRISAT, 1996. The World Sorghum and Millet Economies: Facts, Trends and Outlook. https://www.fao.org/3/w1808e/w1808e00.htm )
Liquid fraction of a mixture. Varying degrees of separation of solids and liquid may occur during the management of mixtures giving rise to liquid and solid fractions. (Adapted from "RAMIRAN Glossary of terms on livestock and manure management 2011")
Spherical particles, usually ranging between 50nm to 1000nm in size, that have potential as drug carriers and imaging agents. (https://agclass.nal.usda.gov/mtwdk.exe?k=default&l=60&w=138380&n=1&s=5&t=2)
Cleaning is the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, infectious agents, and other impurities, from an object or environment. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaning)
Metasomatism is the chemical alteration of a rock by hydrothermal and other fluids. It is the replacement of one rock by another of different mineralogical and chemical composition. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasomatism)
A wet market is one that sells live animals (poultry, fish, reptiles and mammals) in an open environment, or that sells fresh meat and fish in the open; the floors and surroundings are often routinely sprayed and washed with water, to the extent of flooding it at several intervals, giving the wet markets their name. (FAO, 2018. Meeting summary report. Stakeholder consultations on imported food control situation in Myanmar https://www.fao.org/3/ca0168en/CA0168EN.pdf)
Atriplex halimus L. (Amaranthaceae) (Mediterranean saltbush) is a halophytic shrub that is widely distributed in arid and semi-arid regions around the Mediterranean basin and east to Saudi Arabia, at elevations less than 900 m. (D.J. Walker, S. Lutts, M. Sánchez-García, E. Correal,
Atriplex halimus L.: Its biology and uses,
Journal of Arid Environments,
Volumes 100–101,
2014,
Pages 111-121,
ISSN 0140-1963,
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The application of a combination of actions that results in the creation of stands in which trees of essentially the same age grow together. The difference in age between trees forming the main canopy level of a stand usually does not exceed 20 percent of the age of the level of a stand at maturity. Regeneration in a particular stand is obtained during a short period at or near the time that a stand has reached the desired age or size for regeneration, and is harvested. Cutting methods producing even-aged stands are clearcut, shelterwood, or seed tree. (Burns, Russell M. and Barbara H. Honkala, tech. coords. Silvics of North America, vol 2. Hardwoods; Glossary. Agriculture handbook no. 654. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1990)
A tandem repeat is a sequence of two or more DNA bases that is repeated numerous times in a head-to-tail manner on a chromosome. (https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Tandem-Repeat)
Abutilon mosaic virus (AbMV) is a virus of the genus Begomovirus. It infects Abutilon species, notably the flowering maple, Abutilon striatum. (Wikipedia, 2024. Abutilon mosaic virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abutilon_mosaic_virus)
Performance and tasks of soils, determining their ecological and economical value, e.g., biomass production, water filtration and storage, nutrient storage and recycling, habitat for organisms, and carbon storage. (BonaRes project)
Suipoxvirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Poxviridae, in the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae. Swine serve as natural hosts. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suipoxvirus)
It is an indicator that approximates the capacity of a market to consume a type of product or service. (Adapted from https://www.ceupe.com/blog/que-es-la-capacidad-del-mercado.html)
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous)
The catalase test is used to differentiate staphylococci (catalase-positive) from streptococci (catalase-negative). (http://learn.chm.msu.edu/vibl/content/catalase.html)
The biological phenomenon of production of low-power electric currents and electric potentials within living cells or organisms. (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/231463)
