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Plant pathology

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

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Plant pathology

differential cultivar

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.

biotype

Plants; Plant pathology

A subdivision of a species, subspecies, or race based on some identifiable physiological trait such as a specific virulence pattern.

prokaryote

Plants; Plant pathology

An organism without internal membrane-bound organelles, lacking a distinct nucleus, such as bacteria and mollicutes (see eukaryote. )

beetle

Plants; Plant pathology

Any insect of the order Coleoptera characterized by elytra (thickened outer wings), chewing mouth parts, and complete metamorphosis.

parasite

Plants; Plant pathology

Organism that lives in intimate association with another organism on which it depends for its nutrition; not necessarily a pathogen.

nucleoid

Plants; Plant pathology

Region in prokaryotes, chloroplasts, and mitochondria where the DNA is concentrated. Unlike a nucleus, it is not bound by a membrane.

cotyledon

Plants; Plant pathology

Seed leaf, one in moncots and two in dicots; primary embryonic leaf within the seed in which nutrients for the new plant are stored.

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