Plant pathology

Plant pathology

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

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sorus

Plants; Plant pathology

Compact fruiting compact fruiting structure, especially the erumpent spore mass in the rust fungi (Uredinales) and smut fungi (Ustilaginales); occasionally a group of fruiting bodies as in ...

deoxyribonucleicacid

Plants; Plant pathology

The double-stranded, helical molecule that contains genetic code information; each repeating unit, or nucleotide, is composed of deoxyribose (a sugar), a phosphate group, and a purine (adenine or ...

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

Plants; Plant pathology

The double-stranded, helical molecule that contains genetic code information; each repeating unit, or nucleotide, is composed of deoxyribose (a sugar), a phosphate group, and a purine (adenine or ...

decoy crop

Plants; Plant pathology

Crop that stimulates germination of seeds of a parasitic plant such as witchweed (Striga spp. ), but is not susceptible to infection by the parasitic plant; helps reduce seed populations of the ...

severity values

Plants; Plant pathology

A means to quantify accumulating opportunities for pathogen infection (e.g. infection periods) to a pre-determined threshold that requires a disease management activity (e.g. a fungicide ...

A procedure used in plant breeding in which genetic markers that are (a) easy to identify and (b) linked to desirable genetic traits that are difficult to identify (such as disease resistance) are ...

medium

Plants; Plant pathology

A mixture of organic and/or inorganic chemical compounds and water that provides the nutrients needed for the growth of a microorganism in vitro; for higher plants, a mixture of fertilizers and other ...