Glossary of Agricultural Terms

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  2. A: 386 terms
  1. A-DNA
  2. ABC transporters
  3. abdominal fat
  4. abnormal development
  5. abnormal hemoglobin
  6. abortifacients
  7. abortion (plants)
  8. abscess
  9. absorbance
  10. absorbed dose
  11. absorbents
  12. absorption
  13. absorption barrier
  14. academic achievement
  15. acai berries
  16. accelerated erosion
  17. accelerometry
  18. acceptable daily intake
  19. acceptable risk
  20. Accipitridae
  21. acculturation
  22. accuracy
  23. Acer freemanii
  24. acervuli (fungi)
  25. acetaminophen
  26. Achillea lewisii
  27. Achnatherum bloomeri
  28. Achnella
  29. acid soils
  30. acid value
  31. acid-base balance
  32. acidification
  33. acidolysis
  34. acidosis
  35. acidulants
  36. acinar cells
  37. aconitine
  38. Aconitum cammarum
  39. acquired characters
  40. acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  41. acrosome reaction
  42. actigraphy
  43. actin
  44. Actinobacillus equuli
  45. Actinobacillus lignieresii
  46. actinomycin D
  47. actinorhizae
  48. action potentials
  49. activated sludge
  50. active immunity
  51. active sites
  52. acute course
  53. acute exposure
  54. acute phase proteins
  55. acute toxic class method
  56. acute toxicity
  57. ad valorem duty
  58. adaptive radiation
  59. additive effect
  60. additive gene effects
  61. additives
  62. adenoids
  63. Adenoviridae infections
  64. Adequate Intakes
  65. adhesins
  66. adhesion
  67. adhesives
  68. adipokines
  69. adipokinetic hormone
  70. adiponectin
  71. adiposity
  72. Adirondacks
  73. adjuvants
  74. administered dose
  75. administration of justice
  76. adolescent fathers
  77. adsorbents
  78. adsorption
  79. adult literacy
  80. adult stem cells
  81. adulterated products
  82. adulticides
  83. advanced glycation end products
  84. advocacy
  85. aedeagus
  86. Aegilotriticum
  87. aelurostrongylosis
  88. aequorin
  89. aerenchyma
  90. aerobic digestion
  91. aerobiosis
  92. aerodynamics
  93. aeroponics
  94. Aesculus carnea
  95. aesthetics
  96. affinity chromatography
  97. affordability
  98. afforestation
  99. African horse sickness
  100. African horse sickness virus
  101. African swine fever
  102. African swine fever virus
  103. after-ripening
  104. agarose
  105. agglomeration economies
  106. aggregate exposure
  107. agonistic behavior
  108. Agricultural Adjustment Act of
  109. Agricultural Agreement
  110. agricultural biotechnology
  111. agricultural colleges
  112. agricultural engineering
  113. agricultural experiment stations
  114. agricultural health and safety
  115. agricultural land
  116. agricultural zoning
  117. agroecological zones
  118. agroecology
  119. agroecosystems
  120. Agroelymus
  121. agroforestry
  122. Agrohordeum
  123. agroinfiltration
  124. agromedicine
  125. agronomy
  126. agropastoralism
  127. agropisciculture
  128. Agropogon
  129. Agrotriticum
  130. air transportation
  131. air drying
  132. air layering
  133. air pollution
  134. air sparging
  135. airborne transmission
  136. airshed
  137. alamethicin
  138. ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable)
  139. albedo (citrus fruit)
  140. albedo (reflectance)
  141. albino
  142. albuminuria
  143. alcohol drinking
  144. alcoholic hepatitis
  145. alcoholysis
  146. Aleutian mink disease
  147. alevins
  148. alfalfa
  149. algal blooms
  150. algicides
  151. alkadienes
  152. alkali spreading value
  153. alkaline soils
  154. alkalosis
  155. alkenes
  156. alkyd resins
  157. Allegheny Mountain region
  158. alleles
  159. allelochemicals
  160. allelopathy
  161. allergens
  162. alley cropping
  163. allied health professionals
  164. alligator farming
  165. allografting
  166. allometry
  167. allopatric speciation
  168. allopatry
  169. allopolyploidy
  170. allowable cut
  171. allozymes
  172. alluvial plains
  173. alluvial soils
  174. alluvium
  175. Almost Ideal Demand System
  176. alpha adrenergic receptors
  177. alpha-1 adrenergic receptors
  178. alpha-2 adrenergic receptors
  179. alpha-amanitin
  180. alpha-chlorohydrin
  181. alpha-pinene
  182. alpine meadows
  183. alpine tundra
  184. Alps region
  185. alternative farming
  186. alternative fuels
  187. alternative medicine
  188. alum
  189. amanitins
  190. Amazonia
  191. amber box
  192. ambient temperature
  193. American Indians
  194. Ames test
  195. amides
  196. amikacin
  197. amino acid motifs
  198. amino acid sequences
  199. amino acid substitution
  200. aminoarabinose