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A

ADI value
Agar-Agar
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Alleles
Allergen
Allergy
Amino Acids
Ampicillin Resistance
Amylose, Amylopectin (starch)
Androgenesis
Antibiotic Resistance Gene
Antibodies
Antioxidants
Antisense Technique
Arabidopsis (Thale cress)
Arthropods
Azo dyes


B

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
Bacteriophages or phages
Baculoviruses
Bases
Bioassay
Biolistic gun; Particle gun
Biopolymers
Bolter
Bt protein; also Bt toxin


C

C4 plants
Callus, also: microcallus
Carbohydrates
Carotenoids
Cartagena Protocol
Celiac Disease
Chitinase
Chloroplasts
Chromosome
Clone Library
Coleoptera
Complementary Herbicide
Confinement
Corn Borer
Corn root worm
Cyanophycin


D

Delayed Maturity
Deletion
diploid
DNA
DNA methylation
DNA microarray
Dormancy
Dot-blot hybridisation


E

E. coli bacteria
EFSA
Electrophoresis
Electroporation
ELISA
Embryo
Emulsifier
Emulsion
Enzyme
Epigenetics
Event
Existing product
Expression


F

Fatty Acids
Fingerprinting
Fitness
Flavonoids
Food Intolerance
Fructan
Functional Foods
Fungal Resistance


G

Gametes
Gene
Gene Construct
Gene locus
Gene Pool
Gene Silencing
Gene Targeting
Gene Transfer; horizontal and vertical
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)
Genome
Genotype
Glucanase
Glufosinate
Glutathione
Glyphosate


H

Habitats Directive
Haploid
Haploid breeding
Herbicide
Herbicide Resistance (Herbicide Tolerance)
Heterologous Encapsidation (Transcapsidation)
Heterosis Effect
Heterozygous
Histones
Homologous chromosomes
Homology
Homozygous
Human Genome Project
Hybrid; Hybrid Cultivar
Hybridisation
Hydrogenation
Hypoallergenic Food


I

Immunglobulins (Ig), also: IgE Antibodies
In vitro
Inoculation
Insect Resistance
Insertion
Integration
Inulin and Oligofructose
Isogenic Line


K

Kanamycin Resistance


L

Lactose Intolerance
LD50 value
Lepidoptera
Lignin


M

Marker gene
Meristem Culture
Microinjection
Microsatellites
Modification
Molecular Farming
Molecular markers
Molecular Pharming
Monitoring
Morphology
Mutagenesis
Mutation
Mycorrhizal Fungi
Mycotoxins


N

Nahrungsmittelintolerance
Natura 2000 areas
Nematodes
Neophyte
Non-target Organisms
Novel Foods
Nuclear Transfer
Nucleic Acid


O

Oligofructose
Oligonucleotides
Out-crossing


P

Parasites and parasitoids
Parthenocarpy
pat Gene
Pathogenic
PCR; polymerase chain reaction
Peptide
Phenotype
Phenylketonuria
Phytopathology; phytopathogenic
Phytophthora infestans, also: late blight
Phytoremediation
Plant secondary metabolites
Plasmid
Plastids
Pleiotropy; pleiotropic effects
Plot
Polyploidy
Population dynamics
Predators
Primer
Processing Aids
Promoter
Proteins
Proteome
Protoplasts
Pseudoallergy


R

Recombination
Refining
Refugia
Regeneration
Release
Reporter Gene
Restriction Enzyme
Rhizobia, also: root nodule bacteria
Rhizomania
Rhizosphere
Ribosome inhibiting proteins
Ribosomes
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
RNA
RNAi; RNA interference
Ruderal sites
Running wild


S

Saccharides
Scoring
Segregation
Selection
Sequence Analysis
Smart breeding
Somaclonal Variation
Southern Hybridisation
Splicing
Starch
Starch saccharification
Stem Cells
Sterility
Sugar Substitutes
Sweetener


T

T-DNA
Threshold value
Traceability
Transcription
Transcriptome
Transformation
Transgene
Transient Gene Expression
Translation
Transplastomic
Transposons / Transposable Elements
Trichogramma
Trypsin Inhibitor


U

Unique Identifier


V

Variety
Vector
Viral recombination
Virus resistance


W

Wild type


X

Xenotransplantation


Z

Zygote



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