macronutrient monoculture

elements required in large amount by the planting of large areas with single

living things. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, species or even a single strain or

nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur subspecies in farming

malnourishment organic farming

the lack of specific components of food, farming that is more natural in the sense

such as proteins, vitamins, or essential that it does not involve the use of

chemical elements artificial pesticides and more recently

genetically modified crops

mariculture

pasture
production of food from marine habitats

land plowed and planted to provide

forage for domestic herbivorous animals

micronutrient

chemical elements required in very

rangeland
small amounts by at least some forms of

life. Boron, copper, and molybdenum land used for grazing

synergistic effect

when the change in availability of one

resource affects the response of an

organism to some other resource

terminator gene

genetically modified crop that has a

gene to cause the plant to become

sterile after the first year

undernourishment

the lack of sufficient calories in available

food, so that one has little or no ability to

more or work

genetically modified crops

green revolution

integrated pest management

Liebig’s law of the minimum

limiting factor