sooty molds

  • 1Sooty mold — Sooty molds are Ascomycete fungi which grow from the sugary honeydew secreted by plants [opuntia cactus] and insects aphids, scales, the whitefly, and other insects which suck sap from their host plants. The name itself is descriptive, as sooty… …

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  • 2sooty mold — 1. Plant Pathol. a disease of plants, characterized by a black, sooty growth covering the affected parts, caused by any of several fungi. 2. any fungus causing this disease, as molds of the genera Capnodium, Phragmocapnias, and Scorias. [1900 05] …

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  • 3fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… …

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  • 4List of mango diseases — This article is a list of diseases of mangos (Mangifera indica). Contents 1 Bacterial diseases 2 Fungal diseases 3 Nematodes, parasitic 4 Miscellaneous diseases …

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  • 5Wheat diseases — In EuropeCereals are at risk from numerous diseases due to the level of intensification necessary for profitable production since the 1970s. More recently varietal diversification, good plant breeding and the availability of effective fungicides… …

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  • 6plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction       an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions.       All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… …

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  • 7Raffaele Ciferri — Nacimiento 30 de mayo 1897 Fermo, provincia de Macerata Fallecimiento 12 de febrero 1964 Nacionalidad …

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  • 8Erysiphales — noun saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants • Syn: ↑order Erysiphales • Hypernyms: ↑fungus order • Member Holonyms: ↑Pyrenomycetes, ↑class Pyrenomycetes • Member Meronyms: ↑ …

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  • 9black blight — noun : any of several tropical plant diseases caused by superficial sooty molds …

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  • 10capnodiaceae — (ˌ)kapˌnōdēˈāsēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Capnodium, type genus + aceae : a family of ascomycetous fungi that includes most of the sooty molds, is usually placed in the order Dothideales but sometimes in… …

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