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Saponins

A class of plant glycosides that forms colloidal, soap-like solutions in water

SBV

See acid binding capacity

Scale worms

Transversotrema sp.

Selenium

is on the one hand a semimetal with semiconductor properties, on the other hand it behaves very similarly to sulphur in many reactions and can replace it in many compounds.

self-fertile

A plant is self-fertile if no pollen from another, simultaneously flowering plant is required to produce fertile seeds, but its own pollen fulfils these requirements

SI

International system of units

sorb

Bind by chemical-physical forces

Sorbate

Salt of sorbic acid

Sorbic acid

Safe preservative that occurs naturally in high concentrations in the unripe fruits of rowan berries

Spirulina

Spirulina is a very protein-rich algae that apparently tastes good to many fish. Alongside chlorella, it is another microalgae often used in animal feed.

Sporangium

Container in which spores are formed. In the simplest case, a single cell.

Stock solution

A solution of a substance with a known concentration that is prepared once and then used again and again for further use.

stoma

Small "hydraulically controlled" valve in the leaf surface that regulates the gas and water balance of the leaf

Synergism

The interaction of substances or factors that promote each other