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ROOT CAUSE [26 records]

Record 1 2024-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
CONT

The practitioner shall consider whether individual deviations identified during the engagement(other than those that are clearly trivial) have characteristics, for example a root cause or a problematic pattern, that indicate the aggregate effect of individual deviations is likely to be significant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
CONT

Le professionnel en exercice doit déterminer si les écarts isolés relevés au cours de la mission (autres que ceux qui sont manifestement négligeables) présentent des caractéristiques, par exemple une cause profonde ou une tendance problématique, qui indiquent que, pris collectivement, les écarts isolés sont susceptibles d'avoir une incidence importante.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

[His] comments suggest that identifying a causal factor as an underlying or root cause depends on the skill of the investigating team, whether local or head office driven.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traducción (Generalidades)
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Record 3 2023-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
CONT

A standard medical approach, indeed a common lay-person's approach, to thinking about disability involves viewing it as a problem that exists in a person's body. As a consequence, that individual is thought to require treatment or care to fix the disability, to approximate normal functioning, or perhaps as a last measure, to help the individual adapt and learn to function despite the disability. So construed, disability is primarily an individual' s medical problem in need of treatment.... this medical model of disability holds that "a person's functional limitations(impairments) are the root cause of any disadvantages experienced and these disadvantages can therefore only be rectified by treatment or cure. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
CONT

Pour le modèle médical du handicap, [...] «le handicap est le problème d'individus désavantagés par leur état biomédical. Selon le modèle médical, les désavantages sont vus comme les résultats naturels et inévitables de simples faits biomédicaux.»

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furs and Fur Industry
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
CONT

Furs of the deer family can suffer from hair slippage, which is caused by the loosening of the hair root anchoring system. The exact cause is not well understood, and it is not possible to detect which skin is likely to suffer from this over time or to prevent it from happening. Any handling or movement should be minimized to prevent losses or further dislodging of the hairs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pelleteries et fourrures
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
DEF

A formal request from a customer to a supplier requiring an investigation into the root cause of a specific problem and the steps taken to prevent recurrence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Sugarbeet root maggot adult flies are similar in size and appearance to the house fly (about 1/4 inch). Unlike the house fly, the body is shiny black with few hairs. The wings of this fly are transparent with a smoky-brown patch located on the front of the wing about one-third the distance from the wing base. Also, the legs have yellowish-white bands on the next to last segment ("ankles"), with the rest of the leg being black.

CONT

Sugarbeet root maggot : Tetanops myopaeformis... Sugarbeet root maggots feed on succulent roots and cause plants to wilt and become stunted. Their feeding scrapes the root surface and may provide entry points for soilborne pathogens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Mouche de la betterave à sucre. Tetanops myopaeformis (roder) [...] Environ 5 à 6 mm de long avec un corps noir brillant et des taches gris foncé le long du bord antérieur des ailes autrement transparentes.

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Operations Research and Management
OBS

[A business analyst can] document and maintain models of business requirements [and can] document and analyze business processes using value-added or non-value-added, process modelling tools, cost-time charts, and root cause analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles
OBS

[L'analyste des activités peut] consigner et mettre à jour des modèles d'exigences opérationnelles [et peut] consigner et analyser des processus opérationnels au moyen d'éléments à valeur ajoutée et sans valeur ajoutée, d'outils de modélisation de processus, de tableaux de la durée des coûts et d'analyses des causes fondamentales.

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Vegetable Crop Production
DEF

The premature production of flowers and seeds. It is a problem in biennial crops, such as sugar beet, which show considerably reduced yields if they ’run to seed’ in the first growing season.

CONT

During the first year(the sugarbeet) develops a large succulent root in which much reserve food is stored. During the second year it produces flowers and seeds. Prolonged cool periods cause a seed stalk to be sent up the first year, a behavior known as bolting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Production légumière
DEF

Accident de végétation survenant chez les plantes bisannuelles notamment chez la betterave à sucre, et consistant dans le développement d'une tige florifère, alors que celle-ci ne devrait apparaître que la deuxième année, au détriment de la richesse en sucre de la racine.

CONT

Au cours des périodes orageuses de l'été, le chou-fleur manifeste fréquemment des velléités de monter à graines prématurément.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Producción hortícola
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Record 9 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

[An approach in which] auditory stimulation is designed to improve the function of the ear as an organ of listening, understanding and communicating.

CONT

Dr. Tomatis laid the groundwork for a new multi-disciplinary science called audio-psycho-phonology(APP). It explains "why the way we listen" has a profound impact on almost all aspects of our being. In the early 50s, Dr. Tomatis also discovered that listening problems are the root cause of many learning problems.

Key term(s)
  • audio psycho phonology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

[Méthode] de rééducation de l'oreille.

CONT

L'audio-psycho-phonologie (APP) est issue, en 1957, des travaux de Alfred Tomatis, médecin oto-rhino-laryngologue, spécialiste des troubles de l'audition et du langage. Centrée sur les relations entre l'oreille et la voix d'une part et entre l'oreille et le psychisme d'autre part, l'audio-psycho-phonologie (APP) élargit le champ classique d'exploration de l'oreille. En prenant en compte l'une de ses fonctions les plus méconnues, celle de la recharge corticale, l'APP insiste sur le rôle capital qu'elle joue dans le fonctionnement de l'être humain en lui servant non seulement à entendre, mais aussi à lire, écrire, bouger, parler, penser, se concentrer, bref à vivre!

Key term(s)
  • audio psycho phonologie

Spanish

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Record 10 2011-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
CONT

Formal structured approach : task analysis, problem analysis, root cause identification, corrective-preventive action procedure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 11 2011-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

Low Void Reactivity Fuel(LVRF) involves the implementation of fuel design changes to reduce the positive coolant void reactivity, and as such alleviates the root cause of the problem and therefore enhances the robustness of the Loss of Coolant Accident(LOCA) safety case.

Key term(s)
  • low-void reactivity fuel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission

Spanish

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Record 12 2010-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Crop Protection
DEF

A biological fungicide developed from a naturally occurring bio control microbe.

OBS

When applied as a drench or spray the dried spores and mycelium of the Streptomyes culture in Mycostop germinate and begin to grow on and around the plant roots. In doing so they create a biological defense against root infecting pathogenic fungi which cause disease such as wilt and root rot.

OBS

Control or suppression of many root rot and wilt pathogenic fungi: Pythium, Fusarium, Alternaria, Phomopsis, Rhizoctonia, Phytophthora, Botrytis.

OBS

Mycostop: A trademark of Verdera OY.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Protection des végétaux
DEF

[...] biofongicide en poudre mouillable à usage préventif spécialement conçu pour lutter contre le fusarium qui attaque les racines et le collet des plantes ornementales et maraîchères en serre.

OBS

Il protège aussi les racines contre d'autres pathogènes du sol comme Pythium, Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia, Alternaria et Phomopsis.

OBS

Mycostop : Marque de commerce de la société Verdera OY.

Spanish

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Record 13 2009-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Cosmetology
  • Pharmacology
CONT

Allantoin is a chemical extracted from the comfrey root. It is an anti-irritant, with healing and soothing properties, which is used in diaper-rash creams, moisturizing lotions, and sunburn preparations. It has no antiseptic properties. It is not considered a major cause of cosmetic allergies and is frequently a valuable additive in face creams, masks, and lotions. Its presence must be noted on the label of any product in which it appears.

CONT

In lipstick the encapsulated allantoin will have emollient and skin-softening properties while at the same time preventing chapping, drying, and fissuring of the lips.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes médicinales
  • Cosmétologie
  • Pharmacologie
DEF

Substance extraite d'une plante, la grande consoude, qui possède des propriétés cicatrisantes et anti-inflammatoires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de plantas medicinales
  • Productos de belleza
  • Farmacología
CONT

La alantoína (glioxil-diurea) puede actuar como un estimulante de la epitelización de la piel por estímulo de la proliferación celular. Ayuda a eliminar las capas superficiales, ya muertas, de la piel, sustituyéndolos por tejidos nuevos. Ayuda como agente anti-irritante, ayudando al mantenimiento del buen estado de la piel.

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Record 14 2008-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
CONT

Brown cubical butt rot is caused by Phaeolus(Polyporus) schweinitzii, often called the velvet-top fungus. This fungus causes extensive butt rot in infected trees. It is common in old-growth trees, particularly those with fire scars. It can also cause a tree-killing root rot in young trees. Hosts : Douglas-fir, pines, spruces, larch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
OBS

Maladie causée par le champignon Phaeolus schweinitzii qui s'attaque à plusieurs espèces de conifères (sapin baumier, épinette blanche, épinette noire, mélèze, Douglas taxifolié).

Spanish

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Record 15 2006-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

Any unanticipated or unusual event in a healthcare setting which results in death or serious physical injury to a person or persons, specifically including loss of a limb or gross motor function.

CONT

Sentinel events were identified under JCAHO [Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations] accreditation policies to help aid in root cause analysis and to assist in development of preventative measures. Sentinel events are tracked by the Joint Commission in a database to ensure events are adequately analyzed and undesirable trends or decreases in performance are caught early and mitigated. Specific sentinel events include : infant abduction or discharge to the wrong family, gross medical errors(i. e. operating on wrong patient or body part), maternal mortality, rape in a continuous care setting, and suicide in a continuous care setting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

Occurrence défavorable [dans un établissement de santé] qui sert de signal d'alerte et déclenche systématiquement une investigation et une analyse poussée.

OBS

Ces événements représentent des extrêmes utilisés en gestion des risques et se prêtent mal à une analyse statistique. Ils sont choisis par chaque secteur d'activité clinique. À titre d'exemple d'événements sentinelles : les décès inattendus, les complications majeures, les reprises d'interventions par le bloc opératoire, les sorties contre avis médical.

OBS

La notion «d'événement sentinelle» tend à englober non seulement des événements à conséquence majeure mais, également, des événements dont l'occurrence comporterait un risque significatif d'entraîner des résultats défavorables importants. De tels événements sont appelés «sentinelles» parce qu'ils alertent sur le besoin d'effectuer une enquête et d'apporter une réponse le plus rapidement possible.

OBS

événement sentinelle : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

OBS

événement d'alarme : terme proposé par la Commission de terminologie et de néologie du domaine de la santé et du domaine social.

Spanish

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Record 16 2003-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

Relating to a value system and attitude that sees humans as a part of larger ecological processes and systems.

OBS

Natural and human communities are folded into one another, and we participate, and cannot avoid doing so, with these communities. [Persons with] ecocentric attitudes consider Homo sapiens as having a primary obligation to take responsibility for themselves and their actions. Past failures to accept this responsibility are seen to be a root cause of contemporary environmental crises.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Qualifie un système de valeurs au sein duquel les êtres humains font partie de vastes processus et systèmes écologiques.

Spanish

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Record 17 2003-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Biochemistry
  • Medication
DEF

A polysaccharide derived from the hydrolysis of hardwoods.

CONT

Glucomannan is high in fiber, essential for cleaning the digestive system. [It] is taken from the Konnyaku root and is from the same family as the yam, which is 100 percent natural dietary fiber without calories. Since lack of fiber is a major cause for the high incidence of growing gastrointestinal disorders, it is a valuable herb. It helps reduce cholesterol, helps maintain regularity and promotes bowel health. It helps to normalize blood sugar, to relieve stress on the pancreas and to discourage blood sugar abnormalities, such as hypoglycemia. [It] absorbs toxic substances produced during digestion and elimination. It binds toxic material and eliminates them before they can be absorbed into the blood stream. [It] acts as a prevention of chronic disease and a weight control agent. As a diet aid, it expands to about 50 times its original volume when used with a large glass of water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Biochimie
  • Médicaments
DEF

Polysaccharide tiré du bois de feuillus.

CONT

[...] le glucomannane et le galactomannane (oligo- et polysaccharides) peuvent être très intéressants comme agents régulateurs de la digestion (mucilages) [...]

CONT

La gomme de konjac est un hydrocolloïde soluble dans l'eau obtenu à partir de la farine de konjac par extraction aqueuse. La farine de konjac est le produit brut non raffiné tiré de la racine de la plante pérenne Amorphophallus konjac. Le principal constituant de la gomme de konjac est le glucomannane, polysaccharide de poids moléculaire élevé soluble dans l'eau, composé d'unités de D-mannose et de D-glucose dans un rapport molaire de 1,6 pour 1, reliées par des liaisons glycosidiques en ß(1-4).

Spanish

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Record 18 2002-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Biochemistry
CONT

Ammonia solutions are water solutions of ammonia gas. They also include those fertilizer solutions consisting of water solutions of ammonium salts such as ammonium nitrate, which are artificially charged with free ammonia gas.

CONT

One aspect of the unique chemistry of urea places some restrictions on its use as a banded source of nitrogen for potatoes. During the biological conversion of urea-nitrogen to ammonium-nitrogen, free ammonia gas can be evolved in significant quantities near the fertilizer band for short periods of time. Because this also occurs near the seed-piece, this free ammonia gas can cause damage to emerging potato sprouts or root systems.

CONT

Ammonia in water exists in two forms: ammonium ion and free ammonia gas. Above a pH of 10.7 all ammonia exists as gas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Biochimie
CONT

Y a-t-il possibilité d'accumulation du gaz ammoniac dans l'organisme? [...] L'ammoniac peut être excrété dans l'urine, principalement sous forme d'urée et de sels d'ammonium et, à un degré moindre, sous forme d'ammoniac libre.

CONT

[...] l'hydrolyse de l'urée peut s'arrêter ou ralentir lorsque la quantité d'ammoniac libre (non encore fixée) à l'intérieur de la masse traitée est importante.

CONT

Les doses minimum ne s'appliquent que s'il n'y a pas d'autre source d'azote. Les maxima pour ammonium et urée ne sont pas indépendants puisque l'urée s'hydrolyse en ammonium : c'est l'ammonium total potentiel qui compte, ou plus précisément l'ammoniac libre. Il y a équilibre entre ammoniaque (NH4OH) et ammoniac (NH3) dans l'eau, l'ammoniaque se dissociant elle-même en ions ammonium (NH4) et hydroxyle (OH) : cet équilibre dépend du pH et de la température. L'odeur d'ammoniac est perceptible dès 20 ppm d'ammonium à pH 10 et 20 °C. Plus le pH est haut, plus il y aura d'ammoniac libre [...]

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Record 19 2002-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

Patriarchy is the root cause of family violence and is defined as a hierarchal... organization of power.... The patriarchal, hierarchical organization of power depends on people at the top exercising power over others at the bottom.... This analysis of the organization and exercise of power in our society and in our families has a great deal of explanatory power in our consideration of family violence....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la familia
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
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Record 20 2002-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

Loneliness and the fear of loneliness can be found at the root of every emotional blockage a person has either as the cause of the blockage... or as a way to keep the blockage in place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain

Spanish

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Record 21 2001-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
CONT

Equipment maintenance organisations were once judged for their ability to react quickly to breakdowns and how long it took to get equipment working again... Today, though, smart equipment maintenance managers are busy replacing these old values with higher-level paradigms of excellence. These managers are essentially working themselves out of their old jobs and inventing new ones with titles that include terms such as reliability engineering, asset management, asset utilisation, availability management and risk management. This new breed of manager uses modern technology and analysis techniques to attack the root cause of equipment failures and to eliminate the need for maintenance intervention whenever possible.

CONT

A "replicable" gateway needs the following features: ... do not require human intervention for maintenance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)
CONT

Agents et techniciens d'interventions de maintenance [...] Effectuer, de manière autonome, des interventions de maintenance corrective ou préventive à partir de la méthodologie AMI dans le but d'optimiser la disponibilité des équipements. Étapes de la méthodologie : Prédiagnostic, Diagnostic, Préparation, Action, Compte rendu, Amélioration.

OBS

RGCF-80, oct., p. 566. [...] une dalle en béton précontraint sur plate-forme meuble avait été réalisée [...] La vitesse maximale pratiquée est de 90 km/h et le tonnage supporté depuis la réalisation de la dalle d'environ 280 millions de tonnes à la date de l'incident. Les interventions de maintenance ont été limitées à la vérification du serrage.

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Record 22 2000-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Silviculture
DEF

Of cuttings, to take, or cause to take, root.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

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Record 23 1999-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Biology
CONT

Dolastatin-10 (D10) is a potent antimitotic peptide isolated from the marine mollusk Dolabella auricularia which inhibits tubulin polymerization.

OBS

D10 has been shown to cause peripheral neuropathy in a rat embryo dorsal root ganglion neurite model(Schumacher CP, Windebank AJ, Ann Neuro138 : 316, 1995.). We performed a phase I clinical trial to determine the MTD, pharmacokinetics, and biologic effects of escalating doses of D10(65, 130, 217, 325, 400, 455 m g/m2) administered as an IV bolus every 21 days.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie animale
OBS

Substance d'origine marine présentant des propriétés antitumorales,isolée chez Dolabella auricularia (aplypsie) qu'on retrouve dans l'Océan Indien.

Spanish

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Record 24 1997-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

The Goal of Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis... Gene therapy offers the best hope for a life-saving treatment which tackles the root cause of cystic fibrosis(CF), rather than only treating the symptoms... These early trials test the safety and efficiency of the adenovirus delivery system. Patients are monitored to detect whether the normal CF gene has turned on. If so, the gene will produce a normal protein that is vital to the health of cells lining the respiratory tract.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Gène de la mucoviscidose localisé sur le bras du chromosome 7.

CONT

Grâce aux "enzyme de restriction", ciseaux moléculaires permettant de découper l'ADN en fragments, et aux "marqueurs" courtes séquences de nucléotides servant de point d'attaque aux enzymes de restriction, l'équipe de Lap-Chee Tsui, de concert avec Collaborative Research Inc. de Boston, réussit d'abord à restreindre la recherche du gène, baptisé gène CF (pour cystic Fibrosis, dénomination anglaise de la mucoviscidose), à moins de 1% de tout le matériel génétique. C'était en octobre 1985. Un mois plus tard, la même équipe annonce que le gène CF est localisé dans le bras long du chromosome 7. La région en question est formée d'environ un million de bases nucléotidiques.

OBS

La protéine du gène CF a été baptisée CFTR (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator).

Spanish

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Record 25 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Environmental Economics
CONT

Low societal valuation of what genes, species, natural ecosystems, and ecological processes do for the health of the ecosphere as a whole is the root cause of biodegradation and loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Économie environnementale
CONT

Le peu d'importance accordé par nos sociétés au rôle des gènes, des espèces, des écosystèmes naturels et des processus écologiques dans la protection de notre santé et de l'ensemble de l'écosphère est à l'origine de la dégradation et de la destruction de l'environnement.

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Record 26 1987-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Worms and Related Organisms
CONT

[A tomato plant called] jimson weed(Datura stramonium) was tried as a rootstock to combat infestations of the nematode worms that cause root knot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vers et organismes apparentés
CONT

(...) on a essayé [un plant de tomate,] la stramoine (Datura stramonium) comme porte-greffe pour combattre les vers nématodes qui provoquent des gales sur les racines.

Spanish

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