S terms

Salicylic acid

- A plant hormone used by humans as a drug to treat skin infections

Senescence

- The stage of growth in a plant or plant part from maturity to death, characterized by an accumulation of metabolic products, an increased respiratory rate, and a loss in dry weight.

Source: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/glossary.html

Shigellosis

- Shigellosis is an infectious disease caused by a group of bacteria called Shigella. Most who are infected with Shigella develop diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps starting a day or two after they are exposed to the bacterium. The diarrhea is often bloody. Shigellosis usually resolves in 5 to 7 days. In some persons, especially young children and the elderly, the diarrhea can be so severe that the patient needs to be hospitalized. A severe infection with high fever may also be associated with seizures in children less than 2 years old. Some persons who are infected may have no symptoms at all, but may still pass the Shigella bacteria to others.

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/shigellosis_g.htm

Sorghum

- A genus of cereal grasses with a large number of species, cultivated throughout the world for food, forage, and syrup. It is the world's third largest food grain.

Source: http://www.nutribase.com/grains.shtml

Soybean

- Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia

Source: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Spotless Ladybird Beetle (Cycloneda munda)

- Round, spotless ladybird. Preys on aphids.

Striped Stemborer

- insect of Order Lepidoptera, with larvae that bore into plant stems and doing damage while feeding inside the stem. Pest of rice

Source: http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/IPM/commonpests/Stem_borers.htm

Structural gene

- A gene that codes for the amino acid sequence of a apecific polypeptide or protein

Substantial Equivalence

- A principle inherent in the safety assessment process that compares a genetically modified food with a conventional non-modified food with a long history of safe use. If the modified food has essentially all the characteristics of the non-modified food with respect to food and feed value it is said to be substantially equivalent.

Source: http://www.biotech.ca/EN/glossary.html

Sugar Beet

- Form of the common beet having a sweet white root from which sugar is obtained

Source: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Sugarcane

- Tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks, whose sap is a chief source of sugar

Source: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn