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Plant pathology
The scientific study of plant diseases, their treatment and prevention.
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Plant pathology
bract
Plants; Plant pathology
A reduced leaf associated with a flower or inflorescence; modified leaf from the axil of which a flower arises.
sooty mold
Plants; Plant pathology
Black, nonparasitic, superficial fungal growth on honeydew produced by aphids and other phloem-feeding insects.
phialide
Plants; Plant pathology
End cell of a conidiophore with one or more open ends through which a basipetal succession of conidia develops.
hypersensitive response (HR)
Plants; Plant pathology
Rapid and localized cell death at the site of infection in resistant interactions between plants and pathogens.
monogenic resistance
Plants; Plant pathology
Resistance conferred by a single gene (see oligogenic resistance, multigenic resistance, polygenic resistance. )
single gene resistance
Plants; Plant pathology
Resistance conferred by a single gene (see oligogenic resistance, multigenic resistance, polygenic resistance. )
coelomycetes
Plants; Plant pathology
A group of fungi in the deuteromycetes (Imperfect Fungi) that produce pycnidia or acervuli (see hyphomycetes. )
