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Plant pathology
The scientific study of plant diseases, their treatment and prevention.
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receptor
Plants; Plant pathology
A site that recognizes and binds an elicitor; any organ or molecular site that is sensitive to a distinct (specific) signal molecule.
bark
Plants; Plant pathology
All tissues outside the vascular cambium of a woody plant, generally including the cork layers, cork cambium (phellogen), and phloem.
antibiosis
Plants; Plant pathology
An association between organisms, or between an organism and a metabolic product of another organism, that is harmful to one of them.
oligogenic resistance
Plants; Plant pathology
Resistance conferred by a few genes (see monogenic resistance, multigeneic resistance, polygenic resistance, single gene resistance. )
general resistance
Plants; Plant pathology
Resistance that is effective against all biotypes of the pathogen (see durable resistance, specific resistance, vertical resistance. )
spikelet
Plants; Plant pathology
Spike-like appendage comprised of one or more reduced flowers and associated bracts; unit of inflorescence in grasses; a small spike.
differential host
Plants; Plant pathology
A plant host that on the basis of disease symptoms serves to distinguish between various strains or races of a given plant pathogen.
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