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Plant pathology

The scientific study of plant diseases, their treatment and prevention.

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Plant pathology

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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