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Plant pathology
The scientific study of plant diseases, their treatment and prevention.
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Plant pathology
stoma
Plants; Plant pathology
Structure composed of two guard cells and the opening between them in the epidermis of a leaf or stem, functioning in gas exchange.
ascomycetes
Plants; Plant pathology
A group of fungi, also called the Ascomycota, that produces sexual spores (ascospores) within a saclike structure called an ascus.
eradication
Plants; Plant pathology
Control of plant disease by eliminating the pathogen after it is established or by eliminating the plants that carry the pathogen.
genetically modified organism (GMO)
Plants; Plant pathology
Organism possessing a gene from another species; used to describe the organisms that have been the subject of genetic engineering.
transgenic
Plants; Plant pathology
Possessing a gene from another species; used to describe the organisms that have been the subject of genetic engineering.
cytokinins
Plants; Plant pathology
Plant hormones (growth regulators) that control cell division and are important for shoot stimulation of callus in tissue culture.
vein banding
Plants; Plant pathology
Symptom of virus disease in which regions along veins are either darker green or distinctly more yellow than tissue between veins.
