Abbreviations and acronyms

1-MCP

1-methylcyclopropene

AAS

Amino acid score

ADF

Acid detergent fibre

AIU

α–amylase inhibitory unit

AUDA NEPAD-ABNE

Biosafety Network of Expertise of the African Union Development Agency

BGMV

Bean golden mosaic virus

BIAC

Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD

°C

Degree Celsius

CA

Controlled atmosphere (for apple storage)

Ca

Calcium

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIU

Chymotrypsin inhibitor unit

CRISPR/Cas9

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats – associated protein 9

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid

DW

Dry weight basis

EHS

OECD Environment, Health and Safety Division, Environment Directorate

ELISA

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Embrapa

Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

°F

Degree Fahrenheit

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FW

Fresh weight basis

g

Gramme

h

Hour

HU

Haemagglutinating unit

ILRI

International Livestock Research Institute

ILSI

International Life Research Institute

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

IP5

Inositol pentaphosphate

IP6

Inositol hexakisphosphate

ISAAA

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

Joint Meeting

OECD Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology

K

Potassium

kDA

KiloDalton (atomic mass unit)

kg

Kilogramme

kJ

Kilojoule

kt

Kilotonne

µg

Microgramme

mg

Milligramme

Mg

Magnesium

min

Minute

ml

Millilitre

Mt

Million tonnes

n

Number of samples

NDF

Neutral detergent fibre

NFE

Nitrogen-free extract

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

P

Phosphorus

RASI

Rice alpha-amylase/subtilisin inhibitor

RBTI

Rice bran trypsin inhibitor

RFOs

Raffinose family oligosaccharides

TDN

Total digestible nutrients

TI

Trypsin inhibitor

TIU

Trypsin inhibitor unit

UCR

University of California

WG-SNFF

OECD Working Group for the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds

WHO

World Health Organization

Abbreviations and acronyms