- Industry: Agriculture
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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 ...
Fluid content of the xylem and phloem cells of plants. Fluid contents of the vacuole are referred to as cell sap.
Industry:Biotechnology
Fluorescent <i>in situ</i> hybridization of DNA from one species on metaphase chromosomes of another species. Typically, the hybridization is done separately for DNA libraries representing each chromosome. The result is a fascinating picture of the regions of chromosomal homology between species.
Industry:Biotechnology
Following liquefaction, the hydrolysis of polysaccharides by glucoamylase to maltose and glucose.
Industry:Biotechnology
Following the inheritance of a particular gene from generation to generation.
Industry:Biotechnology
Food that comprises, in whole or in part, material that has been modified by the application of recombinant DNA technology.
Industry:Biotechnology
For a single locus: the practice of ascertaining the genotype of an individual from its offspring, such as by mating it to other individuals and examining the progeny. For a quantitative trait: the collection and use of progeny performance as a clue to the breeding value of the parent of those progeny.
Industry:Biotechnology
For diagnostic tests, the ability of a probe to react precisely with a specific target molecule.
Industry:Biotechnology
For diagnostic tests, the ease with which an assay can be implemented.
Industry:Biotechnology
For diagnostic tests, the molecule or nucleic acid sequence that is being sought in a sample.
Industry:Biotechnology
