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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. technology
  3. biotechnology
  4. agricultural biotechnology

Preferred term

agricultural biotechnology

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The use of living organisms, cells or cell constituents for the purpose of developing agricultural products or improving livestock or crop plants.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • agribiotechnology
  • agrobiotechnology
  • crop biotechnology

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/68589

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