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Established in October 1945 with the objective of eliminating hunger and improving nutrition and standards of living by increasing agricultural productivity, FAO coordinates the efforts of governments and technical agencies in programs for developing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and ...
A vitamin of the B complex. It is a co-enzyme for various enzymes that catalyse the incorporation of carbon dioxide into various compounds. It is essential for the metabolism of fats. Biotin is attached to pyruvate carboxylase by a long, flexible chain like that of lipoamide in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Adequate amounts are normally produced by the intestinal bacteria in animals. a.k.a. vitamin H (in USA).
Industry:Biotechnology
A water potential component, always of negative value, resulting from capillary, imbibitional and adsorptive forces.
Industry:Biotechnology
A widely used technique in human and animal science, whereby the egg is fertilized with sperm outside the body. Usually, the fertilized egg is cultured outside the body for a few days (to confirm that fertilization has occurred) before re-implantation into a female.
Industry:Biotechnology
A wide-spectrum fluorescent lamp suitable for plant growth purposes.
Industry:Biotechnology
A young branch that grows out from the main stock of a tree, or the young main portion of a plant growing above ground.
Industry:Biotechnology
Ability of a bacterial cell to take up DNA molecules and become genetically transformed.
Industry:Biotechnology
Ability of a plant to spread beyond its introduction site and become established in new locations, where it may have a deleterious effect on organisms already existing there.
Industry:Biotechnology
Ability of an organism to remain in a particular setting for a period of time after it is introduced.
Industry:Biotechnology
