Strain

Strain [ Botany - Biology - Genetics ]
Synonym: Breed - Lineage

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names


	*Biology:*	*A strain is a genetic variant within a species, an inbred line of a higher organism.*
	*Microbiology:*	A strain is a group or stock of a genetic variant or subtype of a microorganisms (virus or bacterium) made up of descendents of a single isolation in a pure culture.
	*Botany:*	*A strain or* breed is a group of domesticated plants with similar (but not identical) appearance and/or properties that differ in trivial ways from similar groups and has more or less uniform characteristics.
Sometimes incorrectly used as a synonym for variety. Strains are similar to groups. A strain is a selection of non-clonal individuals of a variety, form, or species which is raised from seed, (compare whit: Cultivar) that has been bred by one person or firm for some time.

Strain [ Physiology ]


	An irreversible condition beyond stress in which plant mortality occurs. (Compare with: Stress)

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