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Plant pathology

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

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Plant pathology

genotype

Plants; Plant pathology

Genetic constitution of an individual or group; class or group of individuals sharing a specific genetic makeup (see phenotype. )

clamp connection

Plants; Plant pathology

A bridge- or buckle-hyphal protrusion in basidiomycetous fungi, formed at cell division and connecting the newly divided cells.

host plant

Plants; Plant pathology

Living plant attacked by or harboring a parasite or pathogen and from which the invader obtains part or all of its nourishment.

gene gun

Plants; Plant pathology

A device used to bombard plant cells with metal particles coated with foreign genes to accomplish genetic engineering.

pyramiding

Plants; Plant pathology

The addition, through plant breeding or genetic engineering, of several resistance genes into a single plant cultivar.

tylosis

Plants; Plant pathology

Balloonlike extrusions of parenchyma cells into lumina of contiguous vessels that partially or completely block them.

ostiole

Plants; Plant pathology

Pore; opening in the papilla or neck of a perithecium, pseudothecium, or pycnidium through which spores are released.

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