-
animals playing host to
parasitic worms (e.g. nematodes),
cells harbouring pathogenic (disease-causing) viruses, or a bean
plant hosting mutualistic (helpful)...
- All
parasitic plants develop a
specialized organ called the haustorium,
which penetrates the
host plant,
connecting them to the
host vasculature—either...
- (Sisymbrium officinale). P.
rapae is
known to lay eggs
singularly on the
host plant. The egg is
characterized by a
yellowish color and 12
longitudinal ridges...
-
Plant defense against herbivory or
host-
plant resistance is a
range of
adaptations evolved by
plants which improve their survival and
reproduction by reducing...
- the
species of the
host, the time of attack, and
whether any
viruses are also
present in the
host plant. By
debilitating the
host plant,
dodder decreases...
-
between two
species of
host plants, for
example between an
annual crop and a
woody plant. Some
species feed on only one type of
plant,
while others are generalists...
-
opportunistically when the
host breaks down its own cell walls, most
often during fruit ripening.
Unlike human and
animal pathology,
plant pathology usually focuses...
- of
other plants, and so have no chlorophyll. Full
parasites can be
extremely harmful to
their plant hosts.
Plants that grow on
other plants,
usually trees...
- is very
host specific, and can
typically infect only one kind of
plant. Rust
fungi are
obligate plant pathogens that only
infect living plants. Infections...
- may abort. When the
seeds of a
host plant ripen and it
becomes unsuitable, the
adult insects migrate to new
host plants of the same or
different species...
