Plant pathology

Plant pathology

The scientific study of plant diseases, their treatment and prevention.

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larva

Plants; Plant pathology

Immature stage of certain animals (especially insects) that undergo complete metamorphosis; the wormlike or caterpillar stage of the life cycle of such insects.

ascostroma

Plants; Plant pathology

A fruiting body containing bitunicate (double-walled) asci in locules (cavities); usually dark with multiple locules, but sometimes single (see pseudothecium. )

serology

Plants; Plant pathology

A method using the specificity of the antigen-antibody reaction for the detection and identification of antigenic substances and the organisms that carry them.

mutation

Plants; Plant pathology

An abrupt heritable or genetic change in a gene or an individual as a result of an alternation in a gene or chromosome, or of an increase in chromosome number.

phytoalexin

Plants; Plant pathology

Substance produced in higher plants in response to a number of chemical, physical, and biological stimuli that inhibits the growth of certain micro-organisms.

powdery mildew

Plants; Plant pathology

A white, powdery, superficial ascomycetous fungus that is an obligate parasite and generally is found only on one or a few closely related species of plants.

binomial, Latin

Plants; Plant pathology

The scientific name of an organism, composed of two names, the first designating the genus and second the specific epithet, together making the species name.