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strains

Spanish translation: variedades

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:strains
Spanish translation:variedades
Entered by: Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón

02:16 Apr 16, 2016
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Agriculture / plants/potato,plums,prunes.
English term or phrase: strains
Luther Burbank (1849-1926) was an American plant breeder who developed over 800 new strains of plants.
yudali05
United States
variedades
Explanation:
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Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 18:32
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4variedades
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
5 +1variantes
David Hollywood
4cepas
Gabriel Lyonnet
3raza
Neil Ashby


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
variedades


Explanation:
Mi propuesta.


    Reference: http://www.upov.int/about/es/upov_system.html
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 18:32
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 33
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Raoul COLIN (X): confirmado en el Diccionario de Agricultura Haensh Haberkamp [Ediciones Paraninfo]
3 hrs
  -> Gracias Rcolin!
agree  Charles Davis: Variedades, no variantes.
5 hrs
  -> Gracias Charles!
agree  Jorge Merino
10 hrs
  -> Gracias Jorge!
agree  JohnMcDove: Sí, lo más común es "variedades", más que "variantes", aunque "variantes" no me parece incorrecto, "variedades" es la mejor colocación.
17 hrs
  -> Gracias John!
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raza


Explanation:
Another possibility offered by the EU is "raza"

(e) harmful organisms shall be considered to mean: any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic agent injurious to plants or plant products
eur-lex.europa.eu

e) "organismos nocivos": toda especie, raza o biotipo vegetal, animal o agente patógeno que sea perjudicial para los vegetales o productos vegetales
eur-lex.europa.eu

Pest" - any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic agent injurious to plants or plant products
eur-lex.europa.eu

Plaga": cualquier especie, raza o biotipo vegetal o animal o agente patógeno dañino para las plantas o productos vegetales
eur-lex.europa.eu

http://iate.europa.eu/SearchByQuery.do
Ciencias naturales y aplicadas, AGRICULTURA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCA [COM] Ficha completa
EN

strain

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cepa

raza

estirpe



Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 01:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
variantes


Explanation:
Los virus se acumulan en las plantas hasta alcanzar una concentración ... la primera evidencia de la existencia de variantes ("strains") en los virus de plantas.

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Microbiology or virology[edit]
A strain is a genetic variant or subtype of a micro-organism (e.g., virus or bacterium or fungus). For example, a "flu strain" is a certain biological form of the influenza or "flu" virus. Compare clade.

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Note added at 59 mins (2016-04-16 03:15:45 GMT)
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espero que te sirva

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Note added at 10 hrs (2016-04-16 12:43:27 GMT)
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variante
Del ant. part. act. de variar.
1. adj. Que varía. Era u. m. en leng. jurídico. Testigo variante.
2. m. Fruto o verdura que se encurte en vinagre. U. m. en pl.
3. f. Variedad o diferencia entre diversas clases o formas de una misma cosa.

David Hollywood
Local time: 20:32
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove: 1 (type) (of plant) variedad (feminine) (of virus) cepa (feminine) http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/english-spanish/...
1 hr
  -> thanks/gracias John
neutral  Neil Ashby: Last time I looked plants were not microorganisms. I don't get why your answer is based on virology when the question is about plants.
7 hrs
  -> right to point that out but "variantes" and "variedades" are synonymous in this context IMO
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