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Definition: Phytophthora |
PhytophthoraNoun1. Destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A genus of destructive parasitic algae in the family Pythiaceae, order Peronosporales, affecting numerous fruit, vegetable, and other crops. Differentiation of zoospores usually takes place in the sporangium and no vesicle is formed. (references) |
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Synonym: PhytophthoraSynonym: genus Phytophthora (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Phytophthora |
| English words defined with "Phytophthora": brown rot gummosis ♦ genus Phytophthora, gummosis ♦ late blight ♦ Phytophthora citrophthora, Phytophthora infestans. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Phytophthora": Phytophthora root rot, Phytophthora root rots of conifer seedlings, Port-Orford-cedar root disease, Port-Orford-cedar root rot. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | ARS plant pathologist Scott Abney (left) and research assistant Tom Richards check the growth of soybeans inoculated with field isolates of Phytophthora sojae. Disease reactions involving specific genes help identify the 45 races of P. sojae that have been reported in the United States. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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Expressions using "Phytophthora": genus Phytophthora ♦ phytophthora citrophthora ♦ phytophthora infestans ♦ Phytophthora root rot ♦ Phytophthora root rots of conifer seedlings. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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phytophthora | 21 |
infestans phytophthora | 11 |
phytophthora root rot | 5 |
cinnamomi phytophthora | 4 |
phytophthora syringae | 4 |
phytophthora ramorum | 4 |
phytophthora project | 3 |
parasitica phytophthora | 2 |
phytophthora pseudomonas | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Phytophthora"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | Phytophthora cinnamomi (Phytophthora root rot). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ytophthoraphay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-h-h-o-o-p-p-r-t-t-y" | |
-4 letters: potatory. | |
-5 letters: atrophy, taproot, throaty. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-h-h-o-o-p-p-r-t-t-y" | |
+4 letters: photolithography. | |
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