Waste (abuse): Waste technically refers to the owner's right to change the nature of the land whether for better or for worse, although the most common interpretation is of abuse of the land. (Multilingual thesaurus on land tenure (English version)
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Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) is an important shrimp disease, as the mortalities can reach up to 100 percent. AHPND is caused by pathogenic strains of bacteria belonging to the genus Vibrio, mainly Vibrio parahaemolyticus. (Adapted from Tang, K.F.J., Bondad-Reantaso, M.G., Arthur, J.R., MacKinnon, B., Hao, B., Alday-Sanz, V., Liang, Y. & Dong, X. 2020. Shrimp acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease strategy manual. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1190. Rome,
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Pre-formed solids of uniform shape and dimensions, usually circular, with either flat or convex faces, the distance between faces being less than the diameter. (FAO/WHO. 2016. Manual on development and use of FAO and WHO specifications for pesticides. 1st Edition, 3rd revision, FAO, Rome. Available online: http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/thematic-sitemap/theme/pests/jmps/manual/en/ )
The invasive African psyllid, Trioza erytrea, transmits the causal agent of the African form of citrus huanglongbing (greening) disease, Liberibacter africanum, a very destructive disease of citrus plants. (CABI https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.54914 Accessed 24 May 2023)
The record derives from WCSP which reports it as an accepted name (record 300465) with original publication details: Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 165 1895. (http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-300465)
Nexus approaches are approaches that simultaneously examine interactions among multiple sectors. Nexus approaches emphasize the importance of understanding connections, synergies and trade-offs, and can identify synergistic effects and co-benefits that might otherwise be missed in complex production systems and supply chains. (Adapted from Liu, J., Hull, V., Godfray, H.C.J. et al. Nexus approaches to global sustainable development. Nat Sustain 1, 466–476 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0135-8)
A densitometer is a device that measures the degree of darkness (the optical density) of a photographic or semitransparent material or of a reflecting surface. (Wikipedia, 2024. Densitometer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Densitometer)
One of the world’s fastest growing cereals, reaching maturity in as little as 6 to 8 weeks. It is a nutritious crop that grows in semi-arid areas with poor soils, where rains are brief and unreliable. The grains are used in porridge and couscous, for bread and for beer. (African Seed Enterprises, FAO and AfricaRice, 2011 (http://www.fao.org/3/i1853e/i1853e02.pdf).)
An analog model is the representation of entities of a system by analogue entities pertaining to the model. For example, on analog models, individual electrical or mechanical elements represent a biological function. (Adapted from http://www.problemistics.org/courseware/toolbook/modelling.html AND John Semmlow, in Circuits, Signals and Systems for Bioengineers (Third Edition), 2018)
The comparative analysis can be defined as a set of analytical techniques that allow making comparisons between different objects and their sets, including conditions when the comparison is impossible to make by efforts of human intelligence. This gives grounds to single out a comparative intellectual analysis, which is performed by means of natural intelligence using logical reasoning. (R G Bolbakov et al 2020 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1679 052047 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1679/5/052047)
Child wasting refers to a child who is too thin for his or her height and is the result of recent rapid weight loss or the failure to gain weight. A child who is moderately or severely wasted has an increased risk of death, but treatment is possible. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/indicator-metadata-registry/imr-details/3410)
Centipedes are primitive arthropods, relatives of the insects.. Centipedes are predators. They feed on any small crawling organisms they can catch. (Adapted from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Extension Entomology https://extensionentomology.tamu.edu/insects/centipede/)
Permafrost is defined as a thickness of soil or other superficial deposit, or even of bedrock, that remains frozen for a consecutive 2 years or more. (Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, 2005)
