The terms used for Ask IFAS organization are selected with consideration of the terminology used in UF/IFAS publications and programs, as well as the terms recommended by the U.S. National Agricultural Library Thesaurus (NALT) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's AGROVOC thesaurus.&nbsp;

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Substances

Sustancias

Biomass

Biomasa

Fats

Grasas

Los minerales son substancias como el calcio, el f&#243;sforo, el hierro y el zinc que se encuentran en las rocas y la tierra. Tambi&#233;n, se necesitan para tener una nutrici&#243;n adecuada. Hay 16 minerales diferentes que sabemos que son necesarios en nuestra dieta. Varios otros minerales pueden ser necesarios en cantidades peque&#241;as.

Minerals

Minerales

Any substance normally consumed as a constituent of food: which provides energy; or which is needed for growth and development and maintenance of healthy life; or a deficit of which will cause characteristic biochemical or physiological changes to occur.&nbsp;&nbsp;[AGROVOC]

Nutrients

Nutrientes

A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. [NALT]
Insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies. [AGROVOC]

Pesticides

Pesticidas

Pesticide Basics

Water

Agua

Initiative 2: Water

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Chemicals

Químicos

Microorganisms, viruses and parasites that can cause disease.

Pathogens

Patógenos 

Growing Media

Sustrato para plantas

Nursery Media

Substances that sweeten food, beverages, medications, etc., such as sugar, saccharine or other low-calorie synthetic products.
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Sweeteners

Endulzantes

Sugar and Sweeteners

Material, often unusable, left over from any manufacturing, industrial, agricultural or other human processes.

Wastes

Residuos y gestión de residuos

Plant fibers

Plantas de fibras

Elements

Toxic substance of fungal origin, e.g. aflatoxin. [AGROVOC]

Mycotoxins

Biological pigments, also known simply as pigments or biochromes, are substances produced by living organisms that have a color resulting from selective color absorption. [AGROVOC]&nbsp;

Pigments

Therapeutic preparation containing an antigen, i.e. a virus or a segment of a virus or a toxin generated by bacteria, that may have been attenuated, inactivated or killed and which is able to trigger the immune response and generate immunity in an organism.