American Phytopathological Society

Industri: 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.

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lignification

Hardening of tissue through the deposition of lignin in the cell wall.

Industry:Plants

susceptible

Prone to develop disease when infected by a pathogen (see resistance. )

Industry:Plants

positive sense RNA

RNA that can serve directly as messenger RNA (see negative sense RNA. )

Industry:Plants

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

The federal law which legislates the conditions for use of pesticides.

Industry:Plants

viroid

An infectious, nonencapsidated (naked) circular, single-stranded RNA.

Industry:Plants

mitochondrion

Cellular organelle outside the nucleus that functions in respiration.

Industry:Plants

haploid

Having a single complete set of chromosomes (see diploid, polyploid. )

Industry:Plants

monocyclic

Having one disease or life cycle per growing season (see polycyclic. )

Industry:Plants

ectoparasite

Parasite that feeds from the exterior of its host (see endoparasite. )

Industry:Plants

open reading frame

Portion of a nucleic acid molecule that is translated into a protein.

Industry:Plants