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1.   Agrobacterium --- (n) A method of transferring genes with the use of a vector, a soil bacterium.

2. Agroinfection --- (n) A method of combining the techniques in Agrobacterium transfer and viral infection in transferring the genes.

3. Aqueous --- (adj.)of or like water ,produced by water

4.  Bacteria --- (n) The simplest and smallest forms of plant life ,microscopic organisms that exists in large numbers in air ,water and soil ,and also in living and dead creatures and plants ,and are often a cause of disease.

5. Catalysis --- (n) A reaction in which a catalyst participates

6.  Cell --- (n) The basic unit of life, consisting of a mass of protoplasm surrounding either by thin membrane or a thinker wall, the protoplasm usually divided into cytoplasm and nucleus.

7. Cell membrane --- (n) The thin outer layer of a cell.

8. Chromosome --- (n) The small elongated bodies in the nuclei of most cells, existing in a definite number for each species and carrying the hereditary traits

9. Compound --- (n) A substance made up of two or more separate substances combined together

10. Crops --- (n) The agricultural plants in the field 

11. DNA --- (n) It stands for deoxyribonucleic acid, the basic constituent of a gene.

12. Electrode --- (n) either of two solid conductors by which an electric current enters or leaves a battery

13. Electrofusion --- (n) A method of using short electrical pulses of high field strength to facilitate DNA uptake by increasing the permeability of protoplast membranes

14. Electroporation --- (n) A method of inserting DNA into intact leaf tissue

15. Element --- (n) The necessary or characteristic part of something

16. Embryos --- (n) An animal or a human that has not yet been born ,and is in its first state of development in the mother’s body

17. Endonuclease --- (adj.) Within the nucleus

18. Factor --- (n) A fact or circumstance that helps to produce a result

19. Floret --- (n) A small flower in an inflorescence of compositae.

20. Frequency --- (n) The rate of occurrence or repetition of something, usually measured over a particular period of time

21. Gene --- (n) The factor hereditary arranged longitudinally on the chromosomes, individual unit of chromatin

22.  Heterokaryon --- (n) A cell with protoplasts are derived from different parental cell types

23. Host plant --- (n) The parental plant

24. Imbibed --- (v) To take in or absorb something

25. Immature --- (adj.) Not yet fully developed or grown

26. Induction --- (n) To bring or cause the motion of something

27. Inflorescense --- (n) The arrangement of the flowers on a floral axis or peduncle

28. Inherit --- (v) derive form an ancestor

29. Integration --- (n) Combination of something in such a way that it becomes fully a part of something else

30. Intracellular --- (adj.) Within a cell

31. Ion --- (n) An electrically charged particle resulting from the breakdown of atoms through solution in water and making this solution a conductor of electricity

32. Laboratory --- (n) A room or building use for (esp. scientific) research ,experiments ,testing ,etc

33. Leaf --- (n) One of a parts of a plant ,growing from a stem or branch or directly from the root