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Plant pathology

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

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Plant pathology

dikaryon

Plants; Plant pathology

Having two sexually compatible haploid nuclei per cell, that divide simultaneously; this phase is called the dikaryophase.

meristem

Plants; Plant pathology

Plant tissue characterized by frequent cell division, producing cells that become differentiated into specialized tissues.

transmit

Plants; Plant pathology

To spread or transfer, as in spreading an infectious pathogen from plant to plant or from one plant generation to another.

selective medium

Plants; Plant pathology

A culture medium containing substances that specifically inhibit or prevent the growth of some species of microorganisms.

lethal dose 50% (LD50)

Plants; Plant pathology

A measure of relative acute toxicity; the lethal dose of a compound that causes death in 50% of the test animals treated.

blasting

Plants; Plant pathology

A symptom of plant disease characterized by shedding of unopened buds; classically, the failure to produce fruit or seed.

vegetative propagation

Plants; Plant pathology

Asexual reproduction; in plants, the use of cuttings, bulbs, tubers, and other vegetative plant parts to grow new plants.

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