Associations, Authorities, Organizations, Programs, & Publications…
DBG – “The German Society for Plant Sciences (Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, DBG) is the largest non-profit network of plant sciences and botany in the German speaking area. The society represents plant scientists, promotes scientific botany nationally and internationally and furthers scientific exchange among its members. The DBG is one of the oldest extant botanical societies in the world. It integrates all plant science disciplines, supports young scientists and unites all generations.”
DCPS – “The Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences (DCPS), founded in 2009 at the Freie Universität Berlin, celebrated its opening with a half-day symposium on September 29, 2010. More than 200 guests followed the invitation to the recently renovated lecture hall of the Botanic Museum to hear the addresses and talks by officials from the Freie Universität Berlin, the Berlin Senate Department and internationally renowned plant scientists”
DFA – “DFA of California, founded in 1908, is a non-profit trade association providing support to the dried fruit, tree nut, and kindred product industry through commodity inspection, the Red Seal Program, and the Export Trading Company.”
DGA – The Direct Gardening Association, formerly the Mailorder Gardening Association (MGA), is a member organization that consists of companies that sell live and hard goods via catalog or online. The ultimate goal of the DGA is to assist it’s members with ways to market and adequately provide the finest gardening products, information, and service to the consumer.
DI – Demeter International: “Demeter is the brand for products from Biodynamic Agriculture. Only strictly controlled and contractually bound partners are permitted to use the Brand. A comprehensive verification process insures strict compliance with the International Demeter Production and Processing Standards, as well as applicable organic regulations in the various countries; without a gap, through every step, from agricultural production to processing and final product packaging.”
DNPS – “The purpose of the Delaware Native Plant Society (DNPS) is to participate in and encourage the preservation, conservation, restoration, and propagation of Delaware’s native plants and plant communities. The Society provides information to government officials, business people, educators, and the general public on the protection, management, and restoration of native plant ecosystems. The DNPS encourages the use of native plants in the landscape by homeowners, businesses, and local and state governments through an on-going distribution of information and knowledge by various means that includes periodic publications, symposia, conferences, workshops, field trips, and a growing statewide membership organized by the DNPS. ¶On 18 March 1998, 15 people met in the conference room at the Aquatic Resources Education Center (DNREC) in Smyrna, and at 7:30 PM that night, the organizational meeting for the Delaware Native Plant Society commenced.”
DOI – “Department of the Interior — This cabinet-level agency, also known as the Home Department, was created on March 3, 1849 by an Act of Congress to oversee and manage the vast national or public domain. Today this Department includes eight bureaus whose functions include managing National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges, collecting revenues from mineral resources, and operating programs developing, protecting, and enhancing resources on the Nation’s public lands.” (Womach, 2005)
DP (DPP) – “Direct Payments Program — Under the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) created by the 2002 farm bill for covered commodities and peanuts (P.L. 101-171, Sec. 1101-1108 and 1301-1310), fixed, decoupled direct payments are one element and counter-cyclical payments (CCP) are the other element. Direct payments replaced what previously were called contract payments under the 1996 farm bill. Counter-cyclical payments are analogous to target price deficiency payments (operational after the 1973 farm bill but discontinued by the 1996 farm bill).” (Womach, 2005)
Description, Structure, Classification, Ecology, Cultivation….
deest – “I am missing” not an abbreviation, but a short term that indicates a type specimen has not been located
diam. – diameter, often related to measurements of tree diameter.
DINC – Description, Identification, Nomenclature, and Classification, which (from Michael Simpson’s Plant Systematics) constitute Taxonomy.
dbh – diameter breast height, a standard way to record measurements for tree diameter.
DOS – Doctrine of Signatures
Kew Plant Family Abbreviation
DAN – Danaeaceae – pteridophyte
DAS – Dasypogonaceae – monocot**
DAT – Datiscaceae – dicot
DAV – Davalliaceae – pteridophyte
DCH – Dichapetalaceae – dicot
DCK – Dicksoniaceae – pteridophyte
DCL – Diclidantheraceae – dicot
DCO – Dichondraceae – dicot
DCR – Dicrastylidaceae – dicot
DDM – Didymelaceae – dicot
DEG – Degeneriaceae – dicot
DGD – Diegodendraceae – dicot
DIA – Diapensiaceae – dicot
DID – Didiereaceae – dicot
DIE – Diervillaceae – dicot**
DLL – Dilleniaceae – dicot
DLP – Dialypetalanthaceae – dicot
DNT – Donatiaceae – dicot
DOD – Dodonaeaceae – dicot
DON – Dioncophyllaceae – dicot
DOR – Doryanthaceae – monocot**
DPC – Dipterocarpaceae – dicot
DPH – Daphniphyllaceae – dicot
DPN – Dipentodontaceae – dicot
DPS – Dipsacaceae – dicot
DPT – Dipteridaceae – pteridophyte
DRC – Dracaenaceae – monocot
DRM – Dirachmaceae – dicot
DRO – Drosophyllaceae – dicot**
DRS – Droseraceae – dicot
DRY – Dryopteridaceae – pteridophyte
DSC – Dioscoreaceae – monocot
DSF – Desfontainiaceae – dicot
DST – Dennstaedtiaceae – pteridophyte
DUK – Duckeodendraceae – dicot
DUL – Dulongiaceae – dicot
DVD – Davidiaceae – dicot
DVS – Davidsoniaceae – dicot
DYS – Dysphaniaceae – dicot
Genes, Control, Molecules, & Pathways…
D – 1-letter symbol for Aspartic acid
DBF – protein –
DCPA – “Dacthal — A selective herbicide, trade name Dacthal, especially used on vegetables. DCPA and its breakdown products are environmentally significant because they may pose unreasonable risks to certain nontarget plants and animals. In addition, EPA is gathering data on occupational exposures due to concerns about chronic cancer risks. EPA has determined that DCP A and its metabolites do not currently pose a significant cancer or chronic non-cancer risk to the general public from most uses.” (Womach, 2005)
DDT – “The abbreviated name of a chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, dichloro-diphenyl- trichloromethane. It is persistent in the environment and biomagnifies in birds of prey. The EPA canceled U.S. registration of virtually all but emergency uses of DDT in 1972.” (Womach, 2005)
DEFICIENS (DEF) – gene. See An everlasting pioneer: the story of Antirrhinum research, Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer, Brendan Davies and Andrew Hudson: “DEFICIENS (DEF) was the first floral plant homeotic gene to be cloned. It is a member of the def allelic series that was origi- nally described in 1924 by Baur as a mutant in which sepals replace petals, and carpels replace stamens (identical to the phenotype of globosa). DEF became the founder member of a well-known gene fam- ily with a common DNA-binding domain, called the MADS. This domain is also present in transcription factors from other eukaryotes. Ironically, although DEF was tagged by a transposon, it was eventually isolated by a tour de force of molecular biology by Hans Sommer and colleagues, through the differential screening of a subtracted cDNA library.”
DELLA – protein
DICH – DICHOTOMA
DMT – 3,5 dimethoxytoluene – a major component in rose fragrances
DNA
DO – “Dissolved oxygen — The oxygen freely available in water, vital to fish and other aquatic life and necessary for the prevention of odors in water. DO levels are a critical indicator of a waterbody’ s ability to support desirable aquatic life. Secondary and advanced wastewater treatments are generally designed to ensure adequate DO in waste-receiving
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waters by removing, digesting, or oxidizing oxygen-demanding wastes (see Biological oxygen demand).” (Womach, 205)
DUO POLLEN – gene
DYSFUNCTIONAL TAPETUM (DYT) – gene
Herbarium…
DAO, DAOM – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Vascular Plant Herbarium, Ottawa Ontario
DAR – Orange Agricultural Institute, Plant Pathology Herbarium, Orange, New South Wales, Australia
DAV; DAVH – University of California Davis Center for Plant Diversity, Davis, California
DBG – Denver Botanic Gardens Mycology Laboratory and Herbarium, Denver, Colorado
DBN – National Botanic Gardens, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
DBY – Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, England, UK
DD – Forest Research Institute, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh, India
DECA – Agnes Scott College Herbarium, Decatur, Georgia
DEK – Northern Illinois University Herbarium, DeKalb, Illinois
DEN – Denison University Herbarium, Granville, Ohio
DES – Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium, Phoenix, Arizona
DEVA – Death Valley National Park Herbarium, Death Valley, California
DEWV – Davis and Elkins College Herbarium, Elkins, West Virginia
DH – Hobart and William Smith Colleges Herbarium, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York
DINH – Delta Institute of Natural History Herbarium, Bowdoin, Maine
DLF – Stetson University Herbarium, DeLand, Florida
DMNH – Dayton Museum of Natural History Herbarium, Dayton, Ohio
DNA – Northern Territory Herbarium, Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia
DOV – Claude E. Phillips Herbarium, Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware
DR – Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
DS – Dudley Herbarium, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California
DSC – Delta State University Herbarium, Cleveland, Mississippi
DSM – University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
DUKE – Duke University Herbarium, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
DVM – Diablo Valley College Herbarium, Pleasant Hill, California
DWC – William Darlington Herbarium, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania
DWU – Dakota Wesleyan University Herbarium, Mitchell, South Dakota
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