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Monsanto Company
Monsanto Company 800 North Lindbergh BoulevardSt. Louis, Missouri 63167U.S.A.Telephone: (314) 694-1000Fax: (314) 694-8394Web site: http://www.monsanto.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 2000 as Monsanto Ag CompanyEmployees: 12,600Sales: $6.29 billion (2005)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol:... Read more |
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defoliant
defoliant any one of several chemical compounds that, when applied to plants, can alter their metabolism, causing the leaves to drop off. In agriculture defoliants are used to eliminate the leaves of a crop plant so they will not interfere with the harvesting machinery. Their main military... Read more |
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grain
grain in agriculture, term referring to the caryopsis, or dry fruit , of a cereal grass . The term is also applied to the seedlike fruits of buckwheat and of certain other plants and is used collectively for any plant that bears such fruits. The food content of the seeds (as they are commonly... Read more |
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agronomy
agronomy , branch of agriculture dealing with various physical and biological factors—including soil management, tillage, crop rotation, breeding, weed control, and climate—related to crop production. Agronomy commonly refers to field crops, e.g. wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, soybean,... Read more |
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farad
farad [for Michael Faraday ], unit of electrical capacitance , equivalent to 1 coulomb of stored charge per volt of applied potential difference.... Read more |
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transgenic
transgenic Describing an organism whose genome incorporates and expresses genes from another species. Transgenic individuals are created by genetic engineering, using suitable vectors to insert the desired foreign gene into the fertilized egg or early embryo of the host. For example, the gene for... Read more |
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Redox potential
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