- Industry: Agriculture
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A system of assigning specific resistance genes to a specific geographic area to control pests.
Industry:Agriculture
The asymmetrical segregation of genes during replication that leads to an apparent conversion of one gene into another.
Industry:Agriculture
An institution that serves as a center of exchange and preservation for a large number of varieties.
Industry:Agriculture
The expression of genes by their control on the specificity and rate of biosynthetic processes or on the regulated action of other genes.
Industry:Agriculture
1). A functional hereditary unit that occupies a fixed location in a chromosome, has a specific influence on the phenotype (usually) through encoding a single polypeptide chain or molecule), and is capable of mutation to various allelic forms. 2). DNA segment that performs a specific function and is a unit of inheritance.
Industry:Agriculture
Learned behaviors that condition activities, tasks, and responsibilities viewed within a given society as "masculine" or "feminine."
Industry:Agriculture
Having equal impact on both men and women, giving them equal access to resources and benefits of a development initiative.
Industry:Agriculture
A technique where nucleic acids or proteins are separated according to size and charge by subjecting them to an electric current in a suitable gel and buffer system.
Industry:Agriculture
Temperature at which about 90% of the starch granules have swelled irreversibly in hot water. Final gelatinization temperature may be classified as low (<70 °), intermediate (70 to 74 °), and high (>74 °). Instead of hot water, 1.7% potassium hydroxide solution may be used to gelatinize the starch. The digestibility of the milled rice starch, as indicated by the degree of spreading and clearing, is inversely related to gelatinization temperature.
Industry:Agriculture
The systematic effort to document and understand the roles of women and men within a given context.
Industry:Agriculture
