Terms used on the Crop Genebank Knowledge Base.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Transformation |
Genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the introduction uptake and expression of foreign DNA. |
| Transgene |
A gene used in transformation (see transgenic plants). |
| Transgenic plants |
Plants that have been genetically engineered using recombinant DNA techniques for new characteristics. Transgenic plants are produced by adding one or more genes to a plant genome using a process called transformation. |
| UPLB |
The University of the Philippines, Los Baños (website) |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture (website) |
| Variable Number of Tandem Repeats |
(VNTR) A synonym of minisatellites |
| Variety |
A recognized division of a species, next in rank below subspecies; it is distinguishable by characteristics such as flower colour, leaf colour and size of mature plant. The term is considered to be synonymous with "cultivar". |
| Viability test |
A test on a sample of seeds from an accession that is designed to estimate the viability of the entire accession. |
| VIR |
N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry, Russia (website) |
| WARDA |
Africa Rice Center (website) |
Glossary open source software by M. Brampton