Glossary

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