Across
- 2. plant source of cocaine
- 9. alkaloid from the opium poppy
- 10. plant that Norman Borlaug worked with
- 12. cardioactive ___ are compounds that affect heart function
- 15. molecular technique that edits an organism's DNA
- 17. active ingredient in Round Up herbicide
- 18. one of the three most widespread GM crops
- 19. land suitable for agriculture
- 21. Father of the Green Revolution
- 22. nerve cell
- 24. neurotransmitter naturally found in humans that interacts with CB receptors
- 26. world population is ___ billion
- 27. chemotherapy drug for breast and ovarian cancers
- 29. general class of active compounds in Cannabis
- 30. tree that is traditional source of salicin
- 31. build up of salt in soils
Down
- 1. plant that is the source of an antimalarial compound
- 3. pain-relieving
- 4. uncontrolled cell growth
- 5. antimalarial compound from the feverbark tree
- 6. mosquito born disease
- 7. plant that digoxin is from
- 8. gene that makes GM plants toxic to insects
- 11. overfertilization of waterways
- 13. describes compounds that affect the central nervous system
- 14. chemical that specifically inhibits or kills fungi
- 16. a plant that has evolved resistance to herbicides
- 17. section of a chromosome that codes for a trait
- 20. GM rice is engineered to have high beta ___
- 23. chemical messenger between nerve cells
- 25. nicotine, caffeine, and morphine are examples
- 28. non-psychoactive compound from Cannabis