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DIAGNOSING PLANT DAMAGE - Define the Problem
... in the growth or appearance of the plant in response to living or nonliving damaging factors. Many damaging factors can produce the same symptoms; symptoms are not definitive. Signs are evidence ... plant damage. Some pathogens and insects as well as nonliving factors are only damaging if the plant has been predisposed by other primary factors. For example, borers generally only attack trees that ...
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DIAGNOSING PLANT DAMAGE - Look for Patterns
... living and nonliving factors that cause plant damage. Nonuniform Damage Pattern (living Factors) vs Uniform Damage Pattern on Plant Community, Plant, Plant Part (nonliving Factors). LIVING FACTORS: There ... usually leave "signs", i.e. excrement cast skins, mycelium, eggs... NONLIVING FACTORS: Damage patterns produced by nonliving factors such as frost or applications of toxic chemicals (Figure 5 ...
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... plants are big, woody and perennial, which means they are easy targets for living and nonliving agents that could cause injuries. Trees cannot move away from potentially destructive conditions. Wounding agents ... trees growing in forests. When the forest-coded tree is brought into the city, the factors that affect vitality become extremely important. The architecture of most city trees as they grow ...
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Plant Pathology Information - American Phytopathological Society
... , bacteria, viruses, nematodes, phytoplasmas, protozoa, and parasitic plants; and by nonliving agents such as air pollutants, nutrient imbalances, and various environmental factors. New diseases and changes in existing pathogens remain a constant ...
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Guide to Understanding and Managing Lakes: Part I (Physical Measurements)
... morphometry (size and shape) and bathymetry (depth relationships) of lakes are fundamental physical factors that regulate many physiochemical and biological events occurring within lake basins. These physical ... colors become more apparent. An infinite variety of dissolved and suspended, living and nonliving materials contribute to the color of natural waters. Suspensions of inorganic materials such ...
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SOIL AND FERTILIZER
... , soil is composed of the following: - mineral matter - sand, silt and clay or nonliving material from rock - microbes - bacteria, fungi and algae - animals - worms, insects, snakes, mammals - ... time it took for climate, vegetation and microbes to create the soil. [diagram factors affecting soil formation] Introduction | Botany | Soils and Fertilizers | Entomology and Pest Management | Plant ...
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Ohio Master Gardener Online Manual - GLOSSARY
... Gardener Online Manual - GLOSSARY GLOSSARY Abdomen - the posterior section of the arthropod body. Abiotic - nonliving. Acclimate - to adapt to new environmental conditions. Acidity - quality of being sour; degree of ... a state of suspended growth or lack of visible activity caused by environmental or internal factors. Double dig - a method of digging a garden bed which involves removing the soil ...
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Forestry Glossary: E is for ... ecology, exogen, and extinct
... (n.) A subspecies or variety adapted to a specific environment or set of conditions. edaphic factors (n.) The elements of that environment that determine, in combination, the nature of soils. Such ... energy in a system. environment (n.) Abiotic and biotic factors that influence: (1) the life of an organism. (2) the function of some nonliving natural system. enzyme (n.) A type of protein ...
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Glossary
... an ecological succession sequence which remains relatively unchanged as long as climatic and physiographic factors remain stable. Clinal- Sloping. Clone- Any plant propagated vegetatively and therefore considered a ... hypocotyl of a tree seedling, expressed as a ratio. Tracheid- An elongated, thick-walled, nonliving conducting and supporting cell found in the xylem of most vascular plants. Triploid- ...
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Welcome to the Home Page of the Phytopathological Society of Japan
... ) such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroids and phytoplasmas; and by nonliving agents such as air pollutants, nutrient imbalances, and various environmental factors. The society covers broad areas of basic and applied plant ...
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