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Plant pathology
The scientific study of plant diseases, their treatment and prevention.
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mycorrhiza
Plants; Plant pathology
Symbiotic association between a nonpathogenic or weakly pathogenic fungus and the roots of plants (see ectomycorrhiza and endomycorrhiza. )
zonate
Plants; Plant pathology
Targetlike development of tree canker, characterized by successive, perennial rings of callus; any symptom appearing in concentric rings .
root exudates
Plants; Plant pathology
The various compounds that leak from growing and expanding sections of roots as well as from broken cells at exit points of lateral roots.
cross-fertilization
Plants; Plant pathology
A process in which sexual reproduction occurs as a result of the fusion of sex cells from different individuals (see self-fertilization. )
callus
Plants; Plant pathology
Specialized tissues that form over a wound or cut in a plant; cork cambium may form and the cells produced will gradually seal the wound.
resting spore
Plants; Plant pathology
Spore, often thick-walled, that can remain alive in a dormant state for some time, later germinating and capable of initiating infection.
binary fission
Plants; Plant pathology
A type of asexual reproduction in which two cells, usually of similar size and shape, are formed by the growth and division of one cell.
