Chapter 10 Flashcards
Sustainable agriculture
Agriculture that does not deplete soils faster than they form
Organic agriculture
Good growing practices the rely on biological approaches as composting and biocontrol
Aquaculture
Raising of aquatic organisms for food to control the environments. The species are grown in open water in large, floating net-pans
Feedlots
Factory farms or concentrated animal feeding operations, are essentially huge warehouses or pens designed to deliver energy-rich food to animals living at extremely high densities
Seed banks
Institutions that preserve seed types as a kind of living museum of genetic diversity
Precautionary principle
The idea that one should not undertake a new action are well understood
Biotechnology
Material application of biological science to create products derived from organisms
Recombinant DNA
DNA that has been patched together from the DNA of multiple organisms
Genetically modified organisms
Organisms that have been genetically engineered using the recombinant DNA technology
Genetic engineering
Any process whey scientists directly manipulate an organisms genetic material in the laboratory by adding, deleting, or changing sentiments of its DNA
Pollination
The process by which male sex cells of a plant fertilize female sex cells of a plant; it is the botanical version of sexual intercourse
Integrated pest management
Numerous techniques are integrated to achieve long-term suppression of pests, including biocontrol, uses of chemicals when needed, etc
Bacillus thuringiensis
A naturally occurring soil bacterium that produces a protein that kills many caterpillars and the larvae of some flies and beetles
Biological control
Operates on the principle that “the enemy of ones enemy is ones friend.”
Pesticides
Such poisons that target pest organisms.
