Definition of Oospore. Meaning of Oospore. Synonyms of Oospore

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Definition of Oospore

Oospore
Oospore O"["o]*spore, n. [Gr. ? an egg + ? a seed.] (Bot.) (a) A special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an o["o]sphere by antherozoids. (b) A fertilized o["o]sphere in the ovule of a flowering plant.

Meaning of Oospore from wikipedia

- An oospore is a thick-walled ****ual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae, fungi, and oomycetes. They are believed to have evolved...
- or bryophytes is an oosphere. When fertilized, the oosphere becomes the oospore.[clarification needed] When egg and sperm fuse during fertilisation, a...
- nucleus and enters a resting stage as a diploid, thick-walled oospore. The germinating oospore undergoes mitosis and gives rise to diploid hyphae which reproduce...
- thickened hard wall to form an oospore that awaits favorable conditions for germination. Upon germination the diploid oospore undergoes meiosis, producing...
- and can reproduce both ****ually and a****ually. ****ual reproduction of an oospore is the result of contact between hyphae of male antheridia and female oogonia;...
- class. Peronosclerospora sorghi infects susceptible plants though ****ual oospores, which survive in the soil, and a****ual sporangia which are disseminated...
- a heterothallic oomycete that overwinters as oospores in leaf litter and soil. In the spring, oospores germinate to produce macrosporangia, which under...
- Phytophthora cactorum can be identified by examining oogonia, antheridium, oospore, and sporangia structure. Pythium ultimum P. ultimum requires moist conditions...
- mycelium. Show centric nuclear division. Perfect state of spores is typically oospores. Fungus-like organisms Wikispecies has information related to Mastigomycotina...
- fructifications or, more exactly, calcified spiral cells surrounding the oospores. It may be noted that the gyrogonites are studied by palaeontologists,...