Plant pathology

Plant pathology

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

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Plant pathology

palisade parenchyma

Plants; Plant pathology

Tissue found beneath the upper epidermis of leaves, composed of elongate, tubular cells arranged upright in the manner of posts in a palisade fortification.

virus

Plants; Plant pathology

A submicroscopic,intracellular, obligate parasite consisting of a core of infectious nucleic acid (either RNA or DNA) usually surrounded by a protein coat.

forma specialis (FSP)

Plants; Plant pathology

A taxonomic group within a pathogenic species defined in terms of host range, i.e. members of different formae speciales infect different groups of plants.

forma specialis

Plants; Plant pathology

A taxonomic group within a pathogenic species defined in terms of host range, i.e. members of different formae speciales infect different groups of plants.

bud

Plants; Plant pathology

A terminal or axillary structure on a stem consisting of a small mass of meristematic tissue, generally covered wholly or in part by modified scale leaves.

basipetal

Plants; Plant pathology

Downward from the apex toward the base of a shoot; referring to development in the direction of the base so that the apical part is oldest (see acropetal. )

sympodial

Plants; Plant pathology

Pertaining to proliferation of axes, in which each successive spore or branch develops behind and to one side of the previous apex where growth has ceased.