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Plant pathology
The scientific study of plant diseases, their treatment and prevention.
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Plant pathology
autotroph
Plants; Plant pathology
An organism that synthesizes its nutritive substances from inorganic molecules; e.g. plants capable of photosynthesis (see heterotroph. )
phloem necrosis
Plants; Plant pathology
Death of phloem cells, often visible, caused by infection by systemic phloem pathogens such as phytoplasmas, spiroplasmas, and viruses .
chemotaxis
Plants; Plant pathology
Movement or growth of an organism in response to changing concentration of a chemical stimulus, often in relation to food or for mating.
chemotropism
Plants; Plant pathology
Movement or growth of an organism in response to changing concentration of a chemical stimulus, often in relation to food or for mating.
pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins
Plants; Plant pathology
Proteins, such as antimicrobial proteins and hydrolytic enzymes, that are synthesized in the early events of the plant defense response.
infest
Plants; Plant pathology
To attack as a pest (used especially of insects and nematodes); to contaminate, as with microorganisms; to be present in large numbers .
hydrogen fluoride (HF)
Plants; Plant pathology
A common pollutant from volcanoes and several industries such as brick factories, aluminum smelters, and phosphate fertilizer factories.
