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Plant pathology

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

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Plant pathology

sterilization

Plants; Plant pathology

The total destruction of living organisms by various means, including heat, chemicals or irradiation.

form genus

Plants; Plant pathology

A genus based on morphology and not on evolutionary relationships, such as used for imperfect fungi.

biennial

Plants; Plant pathology

A plant that produces seed and dies at the end of its second year of growth (see annual, perennial. )

protectant

Plants; Plant pathology

Agent, usually a chemical, applied to a plant surface in advance of a pathogen to prevent infection.

epidemic

Plants; Plant pathology

An increase of disease in a population; a general and serious outbreak of disease (see epiphytotic. )

Gram-positive

Plants; Plant pathology

Bacteria staining violet or purple in the Gram staining procedure after treatment with Gram's stain.

amphimixis

Plants; Plant pathology

Copulation of two unrelated cells and nuclei, e.g., egg and sperm; reproduction by a sexual process.

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