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Plant pathology
The scientific study of plant diseases, their treatment and prevention.
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peroxyacetal nitrates (PAN)
Plants; Plant pathology
A secondary air pollutant formed when the exhaust of automobiles and other internal combustion engines is in the presence of sunlight.
sclerotium
Plants; Plant pathology
A vegetative resting body of a fungus, composed of a compact mass of hyphae with or without host tissue, usually with a darkened rind.
witches' broom
Plants; Plant pathology
Disease symptom characterized by an abnormal, massed, brushlike development of many weak shoots arising at or close to the same point.
photosynthesis
Plants; Plant pathology
Manufacture of carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of chlorophyll(s), using light energy and releasing oxygen.
multiparticulate virus
Plants; Plant pathology
Plant virus in which the genome is divided into more than one piece of nucleic acid, which are encapsidated in more than one particle.
horizontal resistance
Plants; Plant pathology
Resistance which is effective against all biotypes of the pathogen (see durable resistance, specific resistance, vertical resistance. )
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Plants; Plant pathology
The federal agency responsible for controlling the various aspects of air, water, and soil pollution, including pesticide regulations.
