- Industry: Plants
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The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is a nonprofit professional, scientific organization dedicated to the study and control of plant diseases.
Enclosed structure that, after fertilization, becomes a seed; egg contained within an ovary.
Industry:Plants
Fusion between branches of the same or different structures (e.g. hyphae) to make a network.
Industry:Plants
Relative ability of a plant pathogen to colonize and cause damage to plants (see virulence. )
Industry:Plants
Separation of diseased from healthy tissues by barrier tissues produced by a diseased plant.
Industry:Plants
Small, rapidly growing shoot or branch on a large stem, developed from adventitious tissues.
Industry:Plants
A chemical used for killing plants or inhibiting plant growth, e.g. a weed or grass killer.
Industry:Plants
A parasite that typically kills and obtains its energy from dead host cells (see biotroph. )
Industry:Plants
A shelf-like, typically hardened basidiocarp of a wood decaying fungus, usually a polypore.
Industry:Plants
Group of fungi without a sexual stage; the asexual stage of ascomycetes and basidiomycetes.
Industry:Plants
Root that develops directly from the radicle of an embryo rather than from a crown or node.
Industry:Plants
