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Cutting is the division or separation of a physical object with an edged instrument. (Wikipedia, 2024. Cutting (disambiguation). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_(disambiguation))

Piece of a plant, often piece of the stem or root, that is used for vegetative propagation. (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/AGRO_00000114)

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum is the fungal pathogen responsible for Fusarium vascular wilt of cucumber. (Scarlett, Kelly & Tesoriero, L. & Daniel, Rosalie & Maffi, Dario & Faoro, Franco & Guest, David. (2015). Airborne inoculum of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 141. 10.1007/s10658-014-0578-3.)

FAO AGRIS, the international information system for agricultural sciences and technology, is a free database that collects bibliographic information from around the world on scientific, technical and socioeconomic publications on a wide variety of topics related to food and agriculture. FAO AGRIS is composed of two elements: the FAO AGRIS Network and the database itself. (FAO, 2025. FAO AGRIS. https://www.fao.org/agris/fao-agris-and-network)

Water-pepper, water pepper or marshpepper knotweed (Persicaria hydropiper, syn. Polygonum hydropiper) is a plant of the family Polygonaceae. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persicaria_hydropiper)

Cycling: A natural process in which elements are continuously cycled in various forms between different compartments of the environment (e.g., air, water, soil, organisms). Examples include the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles (nutrient cycles) and the water cycle. (Adapted from European Commission, Glossary https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/opinions_layman/triclosan/en/glossary/def/environmental-cycles.htm)

Areas of low pressure around which winds blow clockwise in the southern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere. Cyclones are of two main types: tropical (hurricanes) and extratropical. (FAO. 1992. Glossary of terms for agricultural insurance and rural finance. https://www.fao.org/3/ak923e/ak923e.pdf)

Non-conventional therapies used in addition to conventional treatments (https://www.cabi.org/cabthesaurus/mtwdk.exe?k=default&l=60&w=70370&n=1&s=5&t=2)

Amount of nitrogen as component of nitrate (BonaRes project)

Agrobacterium is a naturally occurring genetic engineering agent and is responsible for the majority of GE plants in commercial production. (National Research Council (US) Committee on Identifying and Assessing Unintended Effects of Genetically Engineered Foods on Human Health. Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2004. 2, Methods and Mechanisms for Genetic Manipulation of Plants, Animals, and Microorganisms. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK215771/)

The cyclostomes or jawless fishes represent the most primitive group of fishes, consisting of the osmoconforming marine hagfishes and the osmoregulating lampreys. (J.M. Wilson, Morphology of Branchial Ionocytes, Reference Module in Life Sciences,Elsevier, 2017, ISBN 9780128096338, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.03168-X)