American Phytopathological Society

行业: 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.

saprophyte

Organism that obtains nourishment from non-living organic matter.

Industry:Plants

pustule

Small blisterlike elevation of epidermis formed as spores emerge.

Industry:Plants

life cycle

The cyclical stages in the growth and development of an organism.

Industry:Plants

transpiration

Water loss by evaporation from leaf surfaces and through stomata.

Industry:Plants

pycniospore for rust fungi

A male sex cell; a nonmotile male gamete; a haploid male gamete.

Industry:Plants

replicase

An enzyme involved in the replication (copying) of nucleic acid.

Industry:Plants

sporidium

Basidiospore of rust fungi, smut fungi, and other Basidiomycota.

Industry:Plants

dichotomous

Branching, often successively, into two more or less equal arms.

Industry:Plants

oogonium

Female gametangium of oomycetes, containing one or more gametes.

Industry:Plants

colony

Growth of a microorganism in mass, especially as a pure culture.

Industry:Plants