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VIEW FULL GLOSSARY Biotechnology Biotechnology, or genetic engineering, is the process of using living organisms to improve qualities of a plant such as the plant’s ability to protect itself against damage or improving upon its ability to grow and produce. VIEW FULL GLOSSARY Corn Stover Stalks, leaves, and cobs that remain in a cornfield after harvest. These materials are the primary source for cellulosic ethanol production and can at times be gathered for animal feeds or grazed. Also referred to as crop residue. VIEW FULL GLOSSARY Cover Crops Cover crops are planted between growing seasons of a farmer’s primary cash crop, for the purpose of improving soil health, reducing erosion, improving soil fertility, and/or reducing soil compaction. There are three primary types of cover crops: tubers like the Tillage Radish; grasses like cereal rye, oats or annual rye grass; and legumes like clover. These cover crops are at times grazed or harvested, but most commonly are terminated through winter freeze or prior to the next crop planting season. VIEW FULL GLOSSARY Dossiers Compilation of all study reports and accompanying documents necessary to register an active substance or a plant protection product. VIEW FULL GLOSSARY EC50 Half maximal effective concentration (EC50) refers to the concentration of a substance which induces a response halfway between the baseline and maximum after a specified exposure time, i.e. the rate at which 50% of the maximal effect is observed VIEW FULL GLOSSARY Environmental Safety Margin A safety margin is the factor that is added to account for uncertainties. For example, if a chronic test in fish showed no effects at 10μg/L, an assessment factor of 10 is still added, meaning that the acceptable concentration in water would be only 1μg/L. Safety factors in environmental risk assessments vary depending on area and test system, and are typically higher for the assessment of acute effects than for chronic effects. VIEW FULL GLOSSARY Non-target Organism Evaluations Impacts on animal wildlife, like pollinators, including endangered species. VIEW FULL GLOSSARY Good Laboratory Practice Quality System, providing the formal framework for the conditions under which non-clinical health and environmental safety studies are planned, performed, monitored, recorded, reported, and archived. The details are laid down in legislative regulations as OECD Advisory Documents, EPA and FDA Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)rules and other national laws as e.g. German Chemical Law. VIEW FULL GLOSSARY Hybrid Hybrid seeds are created using traditional breeding methods where two different but compatible plants are crossbred to create a new plant — also known as a hybrid. VIEW FULL GLOSSARY Conservation Tillage Conservation tillage includes all forms of reduced tillage. Tillage is the practice of plowing soil to prepare it for planting or after harvest to remove crop debris from the field. For example, ”no-till” involves no disturbance of the soil; and reduced-till” or strip-till” involves minimal disturbance. The benefits of this practice include improved moisture retention and reduced soil erosion. VIEW FULL GLOSSARY LC50 Median lethal concentration (LC50) is an indication of the lethal toxicity of a given substance, representing a concentration at which 50% of subjects die. VIEW FULL GLOSSARY LR50 Lethal rate (LR50) is an indication of the lethal toxicity of a given substance, representing a rate at which 50% of subjects die. VIEW FULL GLOSSARY Soil Organic Material Soil organic material is anything that was once alive and is now in or on the soil...