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International Rice Research Institute
Industry: Agriculture
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Transfer of genetic material from one bacteria to another by means of a bacteriophage.
Industry:Agriculture
1). Copying of a gene into RNA. Also, copying of a viral RNA into a cRNA. 2). The process by which DNA is copied into RNA. As the nucleic acid "language" stays the same (see genetic code), the process is called transcription.
Industry:Agriculture
A 5- to 10-cm thick compacted subsurface horizon between the 10- to 40-cm depths; common in paddies.
Industry:Agriculture
A distinguishing quality or character of a plant.
Industry:Agriculture
Tall, weak-stemmed, long-duration, low-yielding cultivars grown by farmers for many years.
Industry:Agriculture
The quality of being poisonous.
Industry:Agriculture
Any of the various poisonous substances produced by certain plants and animal cells including bacterial toxins, phytotoxins, and zootoxins.
Industry:Agriculture
Of, relating to, or caused by a poison or toxin, poisonous, causes illness, reduces plant growth.
Industry:Agriculture
Potential of cells or tissues to form all cell types and/or to regenerate a plant.
Industry:Agriculture
Quantity of whole plus broken grains of milled rice that can be obtained from a given quantity of clean rough rice.
Industry:Agriculture