Glossary

  1. Abiotic stress factors
  2. Abundance
  3. ADI value
  4. Agar-Agar
  5. Agrobacterium tumefaciens
  6. Alleles
  7. Allergen
  8. Allergy
  9. Amino Acids
  10. Ampicillin Resistance
  11. Amylose, Amylopectin (starch)
  12. Androgenesis
  13. Anther
  14. Antibiotic Resistance Gene
  15. Antibodies
  16. Antioxidants
  17. Antisense Technique
  18. Apoplast
  19. Apple powdery mildew (true mildew)
  20. Apple scab
  21. Arabidopsis (Thale cress)
  22. Arthropods
  23. Azo dyes
  24. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
  25. Bacterial conjugation
  26. Bacteriophages or phages
  27. Baculoviruses
  28. Bases
  29. Bioassay
  30. Biopolymers
  31. Biotic stress factors
  32. Bolter
  33. Bt protein; also Bt toxin
  34. C4 plants
  35. Callus, also: microcallus
  36. Carbohydrates
  37. Carotenoids
  38. Cartagena Protocol
  39. Celiac Disease
  40. Chitinase
  41. Chloroplasts
  42. Chromosome
  43. Cisgenic plants
  44. Clone Library
  45. Clones
  46. Coexistence
  47. Coleoptera
  48. Complementary Herbicide
  49. Confinement
  50. Corn Borer
  51. Corn root worm
  52. Cyanophycin
  53. Cytoplasm
  54. Delayed Maturity
  55. Deletion
  56. diploid
  57. DNA
  58. DNA methylation
  59. DNA microarray
  60. Dormancy
  61. Dot-blot hybridisation
  62. E. coli bacteria
  63. EFSA
  64. Electrophoresis
  65. Electroporation
  66. ELISA
  67. Embryo
  68. Emulsifier
  69. Emulsion
  70. Endophytes
  71. Enzyme
  72. Epigenetics
  73. Ergot
  74. Event
  75. Existing product
  76. Expression
  77. Exsudation
  78. Fatty Acids
  79. Fingerprinting
  80. Fire blight
  81. Fitness
  82. Flavonoids
  83. Food Intolerance
  84. Fructan
  85. Functional Foods
  86. Fungal Resistance
  87. Fungicide
  88. Fusaria
  89. Gametes
  90. Gene
  91. Gene Construct
  92. Gene locus
  93. Gene Pool
  94. Gene Silencing
  95. Gene Targeting
  96. Gene Transfer; horizontal and vertical
  97. Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)
  98. Genome
  99. Genotype
  100. Glucanase
  101. Glufosinate
  102. Glutathione
  103. Glyphosate
  104. Golden Rice
  105. Habitats Directive
  106. Haploid
  107. Haploid breeding
  108. Herbicide
  109. Herbicide Resistance (Herbicide Tolerance)
  110. Heterologous Encapsidation (Transcapsidation)
  111. Heterosis Effect
  112. Heterozygous
  113. Histones
  114. Homologous chromosomes
  115. Homology
  116. Homozygous
  117. Human Genome Project
  118. Hybrid; Hybrid Cultivar
  119. Hybridisation
  120. Hydrogenation
  121. Hypoallergenic Food
  122. Hypocotyl
  123. Immunglobulins (Ig), also: IgE Antibodies
  124. In vitro
  125. Inoculation
  126. Insect Resistance
  127. Insecticide
  128. Insertion
  129. Integration
  130. Inulin and Oligofructose
  131. Isogenic Line
  132. Kanamycin Resistance
  133. Lactose Intolerance
  134. LD50 value
  135. Lepidoptera
  136. Lignin
  137. Marker gene
  138. Meristem Culture
  139. Microinjection
  140. Microsatellites
  141. Mitochondria
  142. Modification
  143. Molecular Farming
  144. Molecular markers
  145. Molecular Pharming
  146. Monitoring
  147. Morphology
  148. Mutagenesis
  149. Mutation
  150. Mycorrhizal Fungi
  151. Mycotoxins
  152. Natura 2000 areas
  153. Nematodes
  154. Neophyte
  155. Non-target Organisms
  156. Novel Foods
  157. Nuclear Transfer
  158. Nucleic Acid
  159. Oligofructose
  160. Oligonucleotides
  161. Out-crossing
  162. Parasites and parasitoids
  163. Parthenocarpy
  164. Particle gun;Biolistic gun
  165. pat Gene
  166. Pathogenic
  167. PCR; polymerase chain reaction
  168. Peptide
  169. Phenotype
  170. Phenylketonuria
  171. Phloem
  172. Phytohormones
  173. Phytopathology; phytopathogenic
  174. Phytophthora infestans, also: late blight
  175. Phytoremediation
  176. Plant protection products
  177. Plant secondary metabolites
  178. Plasmid
  179. Plastid transformation
  180. Plastids
  181. Pleiotropy; pleiotropic effects
  182. Plot
  183. Polyploidy
  184. Population dynamics
  185. Predators
  186. Primer
  187. Processing Aids
  188. Promoter
  189. Proteins
  190. Proteome
  191. Protoplasts
  192. Pseudoallergy
  193. Recombination
  194. Refining
  195. Refugia
  196. Regeneration
  197. Release
  198. Renewable raw materials
  199. Reporter Gene
  200. Restriction Enzyme
  201. Rhizobia, also: root nodule bacteria
  202. Rhizomania
  203. Rhizosphere
  204. Ribosome inhibiting proteins
  205. Ribosomes
  206. Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
  207. RNA
  208. RNAi; RNA interference
  209. Ruderal sites
  210. Running wild
  211. Saccharides
  212. Scoring
  213. Segregation
  214. Selection
  215. Sequence Analysis
  216. Smart breeding; Precision breeding
  217. Somaclonal Variation
  218. Somatic embryos
  219. Southern Hybridisation
  220. Splicing
  221. Starch
  222. Starch saccharification
  223. Stem Cells
  224. Sterility
  225. Substantial equivalence
  226. Sugar Substitutes
  227. Sustainability
  228. Sweetener
  229. Symplast
  230. T-DNA
  231. Threshold value
  232. TILLING
  233. Traceability
  234. Transcription
  235. Transcriptome
  236. Transformation
  237. Transgene
  238. Transient Gene Expression
  239. Translation
  240. Transplastomic, also: transplastome
  241. Transposons / Transposable Elements
  242. Trichogramma
  243. Trypsin Inhibitor
  244. Unique Identifier
  245. Variety
  246. Vector
  247. Viral recombination
  248. Virus resistance
  249. Wild type
  250. Xenotransplantation
  251. Zero tolerance
  252. Zygote