An individual plant, animal or microbe that can independently carry out all life functions. The unintentional breeding of a domestic crop with a related species. A substance used to control pests, such as harmful insects, weeds or micro-organisms. The addition of selected traits to plants to develop new plant varieties. A small piece of DNA found outside chromosomes in bacteria.
Plasmids can be tools for inserting new genetic information into micro-organisms or plants.
A chemical compound or mixture of compounds formed by a chemical reaction in which two or more small molecules combine to form larger molecules that contain repeating structural units of the original molecules. Polymers of amino acids. The uniqueness of individual proteins is a function of the length and configuration of the polymer and the sequence of amino acids within the polymers. R Recombinant DNA technology. Cultivation, including hoeing and plowing.