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- 5. The point must be exceeded to produce a given effect or result or elicit a response.
- 8. An apparatus or chamber that provides favorable environmental conditions for the growth of cultures.
- 11. Single-celled microorganisms; some cause human, animal, or plant diseases; others are beneficial.
- 13. An insufficiency in reference to amount, volume, proportion, et cetera; a lack.
- 15. Rising or expanding at a steady and usually rapid rate.
- 18. A person or store that sells directly to the consumer
- 20. Turning raw agricultural products into consumable food.
- 21. The lowest temperature where metabolic processes result in a net substance gain in aboveground biomass.
- 22. An element or compound in soil that is essential for the growth of a plant.
- 23. Not woody, dying back to the ground each year.
- 28. Artificial cooling, either by applying ice or by utilizing the principle of the latent heat of evaporation.
- 30. Disease caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food.
- 34. Becoming mature or ripe.
- 35. Point at which no more water is available to the plant.
- 36. The process of identifying a disease by examination and study of its symptoms.
- 37. One of sixteen elements required for plant growth. Essential nutrients are necessary for a plant to complete its life cycle.
- 38. A soil or material, such as sand, peat moss, vermiculite, etc., where plants are raised or cuttings are rooted, especially in the greenhouse.
- 39. Something that enters as an element into a mixture; a constituent element of anything; component.
- 41. Chemical element necessary in relatively small amounts.
- 43. Height above sea level or height above any selected base point.
- 44. Fibers made of natural or synthetic minerals used as a media for growing plants in a hydroponic system.
- 45. Loss of freshness and a drooping of the foliage of a plant due to an inadequate supply of water, excessive transpiration by the plant, and as a result of a disease interfering with the utilization of water by the plant.
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- 1. The angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point.
- 2. The science of health; the rules or principles of maintaining health in people and animals; sanitation.
- 3. A proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation, in contrast to well-established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact.
- 4. To take up or receive by chemical or molecular action.
- 6. A gelatin-like product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media.
- 7. An irreversible increase in volume and/or weight.
- 9. Chemical element necessary in relatively large amounts.
- 10. An administrative unit of government.
- 12. A federal government agency with the mission to protect public health by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
- 14. The federal agency responsible for monitoring trading and safety standards in the food and drug industry.
- 16. The distension of the cell wall and the protoplasmic layer of plants by fluids.
- 17. A person or business that sells to a retailer.
- 19. A person who uses a product.
- 20. Capable of producing disease.
- 24. A process used to eliminate most microbes from food manufacturing equipment.
- 25. Any objectionable change in food, feed, or material.
- 26. To cut, reap, pick, or gather any crop or product of value.
- 27. Growth by continuous additions.
- 29. Used to estimate the growth and development of plants and insects during the growing season.
- 31. The best or most favorable point, degree, amount, etc., as of temperature, light, and moisture for the growth or reproduction of an organism.
- 32. A sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption; a sudden and active manifestation.
- 33. The act or state of being transported; the business of conveying goods.
- 40. Water pressure within a plant cell.
- 42. A person who grows a crop.