agribiotech

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noun

Agricultural biotechnology, particularly the use of biotechnology for agricultural applications.

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Meanings

nounagribiotech (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAgricultural biotechnology, particularly the use of biotechnology for agricultural applications.

    "The speed of commercialization of agribiotech applications has taken many by surprise," says Anatole Krattiger, executive director of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotech Applications in Ithaca, New York.

    1998 December 18, Anne Simon Moffat, “BIOTECHNOLOGY:Toting Up the Early Harvest Of Transgenic Plants”, in Science, volume 282, number 5397, →DOI, pages 2176–2178

Origin

From agri- + biotech.

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