anaerobic respiration, 105
analysis of variance (ANOVA), 217, 219
animal
husbandry, 49
welfare, 247
angular distribution, 168
anthocyanin, 12
anticipation, 227
antigen, 33
antioxidant, 12, 32–33, 35, 110
antisense, 22, 24, 28, 30, 35
apex, 113
apical meristem, 100
appeal, 167
apple, 6, 10, 12, 26, 28, 38–39, 55–57, 65,
140–141, 162–163, 168–169, 173,
236, 242, 303
applicability, 298
Arabidopsis, 39
arid, 103
armed convoy, 282
aroma, 86, 99, 151, 153, 183, 185, 187,
218–219, 298
Arrhenius equation, 133, 137
ascorbic acid, 106, 109
asparagus, 45, 53, 96, 98, 110, 239, 254
assessment 240
assigned quality, 126–128–129
assimilation, 31
process, 204
assortment, 201
astaxanthin, 32
astringent, 163
Atlanta, 238–239, 241
atmosphere, 105, 272
attribute vector, 168
aubergine, 100
Aurora, 162–165
authority, 274–275
autocatalytic, 112
auxin, 38, 113
ATP, 28
availability
of product, 10–11, 126–127, 150–151,
275, 278
of substrate, 33
avocado, 111, 273bacteria, 142
banana, 28, 39–40, 151–154, 241, 273–274
hook, 153
bank, 271, 274–275
barley, 22, 25, 53, 55–57
barnase, 37
basil, 138
batch, 129–130, 133, 138–142
bean, 53, 55, 58, 99–100, 239
beef, 55
beet, 96, 100, 113
begonia, 131–132
Beidler model, 182
Belgium, 167
belief, 158–159, 233
bentgrass, 26
Berlin, 238–239, 241–242
berry, 229, 242
beverage, 241
biennial, 99, 101, 111, 113
life cycle, 96
Binary Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes
(BIBAC), 40
bioactive substance, 86–87, 90, 179
biochemistry, 147, 158
biological production, 232
biomass, 48
biosynthesis, 12, 28, 31, 35, 39–40, 90–91
biotechnology, 1, 4, 7, 14, 18, 21–41, 252,
261
bitter, 218–219
blemish, 274
blossom end, 186
Board of Directors, 280
body temperature, 173
Boskoop, 168–169
botany, 293
boundary, 276
layer, 104
box scale, 166
Braeburn, 162–165
brand
label, 274
name, 172, 241–242
recognition, 251, 255
type, 153
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