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BABs
= (cattle)
"born after the ban" (BSE)
(vet.
med.) / BAES
= Bundesamt für
Ernährungssicherheit (AU)
=
Federal Office for Food Safety / Bakterienschleim
= bacterial ooze (plants)
/ BanMMV
= banana mild mosaic virus / bas-fonds
= lowlands (agric./devel.)
/ BBA
= Biologische
Bundesanstalt für
Land-&
Forstwirtschaft = Federal
Biological
Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
(D)
/ BBrMV
= banana bract mosaic potyvirus / BBTV
= banana
bunchy top virus /
Begasung =
fumigation (hort.)
/ Begrünung
= establishment of green cover;
greening (agric.) /
Betreuer
= attendant (welfare of
animals during transportation)
/ BFAV
Bundesforschungsanstalt
für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere =
Federal Research
Centre for
Virus Diseases
of Animals (their web site)
(D)
/ BFL
Bundesamt und Forschungszentrum für Landwirtschaft =
Federal
Office and Research Centre
for Agriculture (AU)
/ Biertreiber
= draff (damp remains of malt
after
brewing, used as an appetizer or supplement in animal rations)
/ Bilsenkraut = henbane, Hyoscyamus Niger (hallucinogen historically
used to flavour beer, gave name to Pilsen) / binnenkuil =
blinder (fishing gear)
/ biocimentation = biocementation (soil
sci.) / biocolmatage =
bioclogging (soil sci.) / Biosprit
= biofuel, but see
Agrartreibstoff
/
bladvlekkenziekte
= leaf spot (hort.)
/ BMELV
= Bundesministerium
für
Ernährung, Landwirtschaft
und Verbraucherschutz =
Federal Ministry of Food,
Agriculture and Consumer Protection (order
of title wording
changed
in
2006;
formerly BMVEL) (D)
/ BMVEL
Bundesministerium
für Verbraucherschutz, Ernährung und
Landwirtschaft
= Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture,
see
BMELV
(D) /
Bodenkrümler
= soil amendment
(substance);
soil
conditioner (substance or
machine) / bollen
=
bulbs (hort.)
/ Bolzschußgerät
=
captive bolt
gun (animal slaughter)
/ boomkor
= beam trawl (fisheries)
/ bordennet =
otter trawl (fisheries)
/ borstgras
see
heischrale
grasland / boucle
=
ear tag (agric./vet.)
/ bouquet
de fleurs = flower
cluster / bouton
de fleur = flower bud / bovengrondse
gewasbeschermingsmiddel
=
top protectant (hort.)
/ brandnettelwants =
common
nettle weevil
/
culture sur brûlis
= slash and
burn
agriculture / BSV
= banana streak badnavirus / Bundzwiebeln
=
spring onions /
Created
by Alison
Gaunt
Last
updated: 19 June 2024
