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Unit 4 Chapter 13 - Agriculture Flashcards

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Abiotic factors

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Physical factors such as light, temperature and water

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Agroecosystem

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The living organisms, physical processes and their interactions in a farming system

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Anabolic steroid hormone

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A female or male hormone used to increase livestock gross growth efficiency

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Artificial insemination

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A form of selective breeding where semen is collected from a chosen male and is inserted artificially into the chosen female to cause her to become pregnant.

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Asexual reproduction

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Production of new organisms using the genetic material from a single individual. The offspring are genetically identical to the parent

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Aspect

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The direction something faces in terms of sunlight

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Autotroph

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An organism that can capture light or chemical energy from the environment to make high-energy substances such as carbohydrates. They include photoautotrophs and chemoautotrophs.

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Auxins

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A group of plant hormones

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Bioaccumulation

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The increase in concentration of a substance in living tissue

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Biomagnification

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The progressive bioaccumulation of a material along a food chain

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Biota

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Living organisms

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Biotic factors

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Biological factors such as food, predation and disease.

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BST

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Bovine Somatotropin - an animal hormone used to stimulate milk production

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Carnivore

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An organism that gains its food energy from eating other heterotrophs

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Carrying capacity

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The greatest population that can be supported sustainably in an area.

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Cellulase

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An enzyme that can digest the carbohydrate cellulose

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Cellulose

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The complex carbohydrate that forms much leaf and wood material

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Chemoautotroph

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An autotroph that gains its energy from chemicals such as nitrites and sulphur compounds.

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Cloning

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An artificial form of asexual reproduction

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Countryside Stewardship Scheme

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A scheme where farmers could get grants for a range of activities that benefited the environment or improved amenity value for the public (now closed)

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Crop rotation

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The practise of growing a different crop in a field on a cycle of three, four or five years

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Crossbreeding

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Producing offspring by mating parents of two different breeds or varieties

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CSS

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Countryside Stewardship Scheme

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Edaphic

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A factor related to soil

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Endemic pest

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A pest that is normally present

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Environmental Stewardship Scheme

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A scheme where farmers gain grant payment if they gain sufficient points for practises that benefit the environment eg management of hedgerows, ditches, field margins, in-field trees etc

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Environmentally Sensitive Area

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An area in which farmers in selected areas were paid grants for maintaining traditional farming practises that benefited the environment eg maintaining hay meadows, grazing marshes, chalk grasslands (scheme now closed)

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Epidemic pest

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A pest that is not normally a problem but may become a serious pest when the population suddenly increases

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ESA

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Environmentally Sensitive Area

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ESS

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Environmental Stewardship Scheme

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Ethylene

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Chemical that stimulates fruit ripening

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Eutrophication

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The process by which the nutrient level of a water body increases

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Evapotranspiration

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The combined movement of water into the atmosphere from the evaporation from surfaces and transpiration from the stomata of leaves

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Extensive agriculture

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Agriculture where the maximum total yield is achieved by distributing the inputs over the total available area. Inputs per unit area are usually low.

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F1 hybrid

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The first generation of offspring produced by breeding from two distinct true-breeding varieties. All the offspring have the same combinations of characteristics.

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Food chain

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A sequence of organisms arranged to show their feeding relationships and food energy flow: primary producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer etc

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Gene pool

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The total number of different genes found in all the individuals in a population

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Genetic engineering

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The method of altering an organism’s genetic makeup by artificially introducing genes from another organism, often of another species

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Genetic modification (GM)

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The method of altering an organisms genetic makeup by artificially introducing genes from another organism, often of another species

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Gibberelins

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A group of plant hormones

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GM

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Genetic modification

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Green Revolution

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The agricultural changes since the mid 20th century, where high yielding cereal varieties were bred to increase food production, especially of rice and wheat in tropical LEDCs

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Haber process

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A chemical process used to manufacture ammonia from which nitrate fertilisers can be made

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Herbivore

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An animal that only eats plant food eg cows, sheep

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Heterosis

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The hybrid vigour produced by breeding between two organisms that are not closely related

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Heterotroph

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An organism that gets its food energy from other organisms ie all organisms except autotrophs

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Horizontal gene transfer

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The transfer of genetic material between organisms without normal breeding taking place eg the transfer of genes that give pesticide or antibiotic resistance between bacteria

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Humus

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The colloidal material in soil that is the end product of the decomposition of dead organic matter

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Hybrid

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A variety produced by breeding from two different breeds or varieties

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Hybrid vigour

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The good health achieved by breeding between breeds that are not closely related. This reduces the risk of inbreeding and recessive gene diseases

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Inbreeding

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Breeding between closely related individuals that is likely to produce recessive gene problems

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Insolation

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Sunlight landing on a surface

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Intensive agriculture

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Farming where high yields are achieved by using large inputs per unit area

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IR8

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A Green Revolution rice variety

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Leachate

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Drainage liquid containing dissolved materials eg fertilisers

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Limiting factor

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An environmental factor present in insufficient amounts to allow a process to occur at a faster rate eg a nutrient being the limiting factor for plant growth

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Liposoluble

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The property of a substance that allows it to dissolve in lipids

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Macronutrient

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A plant nutrient needed in large amounts: N, P, K.

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Marshall Plan

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A US scheme after the 2nd World War to provide food aid to Europe

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Micronutrient

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A nutrient needed in small amounts

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Micropropagation

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An artificial method of asexual reproduction where plants are grown from small pieces of plant tissue eg pieces of leaf

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Monoculture

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The growth of a single type of crop, usually over a large area

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Mulch

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Material added to the soil surface to inhibit weed growth eg shredded crop waste

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Omnivore

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A organism that eats plant and animal foods eg pigs

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Organochlorine pesticide

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Insecticide group eg DDT, dieldrin, aldrin. Most are now banned or restricted because they are persistent, bioaccumulate and biomagnify.

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Organophosphate pesticide

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Insecticide group eg parathion, malathion. They are not persistant but have high mammalian toxicity.

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Pasture

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An area of land used for grazing livestock

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Ped

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The aggregates of soil particles that give soil its structure and influence its properties eg crumb and platy peds

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Persistence

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A measureof the length of time over which a material breaks down or is lost

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Pesticide

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A chemical that is used to kill pest species: organisms that damage crops, livestock or cause disease.

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Pheromone

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A chemical released by an organism that changes the behaviour of other members of the same species, especially to attract a mate

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Photoautotroph

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An organism that produces high energy food substances using light eg all photosynthetic organisms

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Pyrethroid pesticide

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An insecticide group. They are not persistent and have low mammalian toxicity

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Quota

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A limit set on the number or quantity of items eg milk production (also fish catch)

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Rumen

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The stomach chamber in which bacteria digest cellulose in ruminants eg cattle, sheep and other large herbivores

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Selective breeding

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Producing offspring from particular chosen parents, usually to produce offspring with more desirable characteristics

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Set Aside Land

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Farmland which has been taken out of production and is not cultivated but is kept in a condition where it could be farmed again, for which farmers are paid grants (scheme now closed)

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Specificity

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A measure of the relative toxicity of a substance to different groups of organisms

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Sustainable

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An activity that can be carried out without making life more difficult for people in the future

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Systemic

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A substance that is absorbed and transported throughout an organism eg by sap in plants

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Tenant farmer

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A farmer that rents land from the owner

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Tillage

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The cultivation by turning the soil eg by ploughing

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Topography

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The 3-D shape of the land surface

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Toxicity

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A measure of how poisonous a substance is

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Transgenics

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The process of artificially transferring genetic material from one organism into an individual of another species

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Transpiration

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The loss of water by evaporation from the stomata of leaves

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Trophic level

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A position in a food chain eg primary producer, secondary consumer

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True-breeding variety

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A variety of selectively bred organism where all members are genetically almost identical and produce similar offspring.

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Tuber

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A type of root

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USLE

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Universal Soil Loss Equation

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Vegetative propagation

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Asexual reproduction

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Zoonose

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A microorganism that is carried by livestock which, if transferred to humans causes disease

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