This book provides a consolidated, comprehensive and yet accessible list of
terms and acronyms that are used regularly in agriculture and with all the
associated problems of usage of originally discrete technical terms. The book
offers an up-to-date list of terms currently in use in biotechnology, genetic
engineering and closely allied fields. It is intended to provide a convenient
reference source for researchers, students and technicians. The work has been
prepared in response to an expressed need. The terms included have been selected
by examination of books, dictionaries, journals and abstracts dealing entirely
or in part with culture or allied fields. The work is designed to give