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The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is a nonprofit professional, scientific organization dedicated to the study and control of plant diseases.
The ovule-bearing organ of the plant consisting of the ovary and its appendages (e.g. style, stigma. )
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The total destruction of living organisms by various means, including heat, chemicals or irradiation.
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A genus based on morphology and not on evolutionary relationships, such as used for imperfect fungi.
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A plant that produces seed and dies at the end of its second year of growth (see annual, perennial. )
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Agent, usually a chemical, applied to a plant surface in advance of a pathogen to prevent infection.
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An increase of disease in a population; a general and serious outbreak of disease (see epiphytotic. )
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Bacteria staining violet or purple in the Gram staining procedure after treatment with Gram's stain.
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Copulation of two unrelated cells and nuclei, e.g., egg and sperm; reproduction by a sexual process.
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For viruses, a protein encoded by the pathogen that is required for spread within an infected plant.
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Growth and propagation of microorganisms on nutrient media; growth and propagation of living plants.
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