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Plant pathology
The scientific study of plant diseases, their treatment and prevention.
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Plant pathology
cell wall
Plants; Plant pathology
Protective, resistant, but permeable structure secreted externally to the cell membrane in plants, bacteria, fungi, and certain other organisms.
partial resistance
Plants; Plant pathology
Resistance in which disease develops more slowly on the host or to a lesser extent, but the host does become diseased (see complete resistance. )
latent period
Plants; Plant pathology
The time between infection and the production of new inoculum; the time after a vector has acquired a pathogen and before it can be transmitted.
self-fertilization
Plants; Plant pathology
A process in which sexual reproduction occurs as a result of the fusion of sex cells produced by the same individual (see cross-fertilization. )
budding
Plants; Plant pathology
A special type of plant grafting using a single bud on the rootstock of another plant; method of asexual reproduction in fungi, such as yeasts.
anamorph
Plants; Plant pathology
The asexual form in the life cycle of a fungus, when asexual spores (such as conidia) or no spores are produced (see holomorph and teleomorph. )
imperfect state
Plants; Plant pathology
The asexual form in the life cycle of a fungus, when asexual spores (such as conidia) or no spores are produced (see holomorph and teleomorph. )
