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The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is a nonprofit professional, scientific organization dedicated to the study and control of plant diseases.
A resistant reaction in which some aspect of disease development, usually symptom expression or pathogen reproduction, is completely stopped (see partial resistance. )
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Enlarged, multinucleate cell formed in roots by repeated nuclear division without cell division induced by secretions of certain sedentary plant-parasitic nematodes .
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A condition of suspended growth and reduced metabolism of an organism, generally induced by internal factors or environmental conditions as a mechanism of survival.
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Mixture of cultivars that differ only in single, major genes for resistance to a pathogen, giving the opportunity to modify the mixture from year to year as needed.
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Referring to an organism able to attack a host and cause infection; referring to a vector carrying or containing a pathogen and able to transfer it to a host plant.
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A crop plowed under while still green and growing to improve the soil; sometimes used to enhance populations of antagonistic microorganisms for biological control.
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A principle of plant disease control in which a barrier is placed between the susceptible plant and pathogen (e.g. the use of protective chemical dusts or sprays. )
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Negative logarithm of the effective hydrogen ion concentration; a measure of acidity (pH 7 is neutral; values less than pH 7, acidic; greater than pH 7, alkaline. )
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A measure of the total amount of disease over a period of time, determined from graphs of disease vs. time, which can be used to compare epidemics quantitatively.
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Infection resulting from the spread of infectious material produced after a primary infection or from secondary infections without an intervening inactive period.
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