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Glossary of Selected Scientific and Technical
Terms

Agronomic traits Genetic traits that can improve plant yields and provide resis-
tance to stresses that can reduce yields, such as heat, cold,
drought or salinity.Source: OECD (2009)
Agro-resources Agro-resources are renewable raw materials whose transfor-
mation using industrial processes can create high-
performance products with reduced environmental impact.
They are solution for the future, replacing petrol-based
products.Source: IAR
Bio-based Term that means that the product is made from raw materials
from biomass. It does not mean that the product is biode-
gradable or from organic agriculture.
Biodiversity The variability among living organisms from all sources,
including terrestrial, marine and other ecosystems and the
ecological complexes of which they are part. The term
includes diversity within species and of ecosystems.
Source: FAO, n.d.
Bioeconomy The bioeconomy encompasses the production of renewable
biological resources and their conversion into food, feed,
bio-based products and bioenergy via innovative and effi-
cient technologies provided by Industrial Biotechnology. It
is already a reality, and one that offers great opportunities
and solutions to a growing number of major societal, envi-
ronmental and economic challenges, including climate
change, energy and food security and resource efficiency.
Bioethanol A biofuel that can be used as a fuel substitute (hydrous
ethanol) or a fuel extender (anhydrous ethanol) when
blended with petroleum fuels.Source: OECD-FAO (2008)
Biofuel In the wider sense defined as all solid, fluid or gaseous fuels
produced from biomass or by living organisms. The term is
often limited to fuels that replace, or are blended with,
petroleum-based transport fuels, including bioethanol pro-
duced from sugar crops or cereals and biodiesel produced

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