zoospore


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zoospore

[′zō·ə‚spȯr]
(biology)
An independently motile spore.
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Effect of temperature on germination of zoospores of Phytophthora drechsleri f.
Variability in Phytophthora drechsleri f. sp. cajani and effect of temperature
For the zoospore series, approximately 15 ml of zoospores were introduced to each cage.
Phytophthora ramorum can survive introduction into finished compost
We evaluated the development of sporangia and zoospores in sporulation medium (see above).
Lagenidium giganteum pathogenicity in mammals
The zoospores absorb its own tail, forming a resting spore.
The case of the croaking frogs: a deadly fungus is spreading among frogs. Could warming temperatures be to blame?
The zoxium in Electis adversely affects zoospore release, resulting in the production of non-motile spores, incapable of infecting tubers.
Foiling the tuber blight risk
1996) discussed the relationship between reproductive responses and resources, and Reed (1987) reported a strong relationship between biomass and zoospore production; because our treatments induced differences in growth, we hypothesized that there should also be differences in reproduction.
Temporal and spatial scales of kelp demography: the role of oceanographic climate
The protozoal population was dramatically decreased with dietary supplementation, while fungal zoospore numbers and proteolytic bacteria were also increased when CAMP was supplemented.
EFFECT OF CENTELLA ASIATICA POWDER (CAP) AND MANGOSTEEN PEEL POWDER (MPP) ON RUMEN FERMENTATION AND MICROBIAL POPULATION IN SWAMP BUFFALOES
Influences on survival of brown algal zoospore exerted by drifting particles.
Limited recovery of the kelp Eisenia bicyclis after population reduction of the sea urchins Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus and Anthocidaris crassispina on Kii Peninsula, Southwestern Japan
The asexual reproduction is by zoospores with an erect germination pattern.
Morfologia vegetativa y reproduccion asexual de Draparnaldia mutabilis (chaetophoraceae, chlorophyta), primer registro fundamentado para Argentina
Numerous kills were reported in the Chesapeake and North Carolina estuaries through 1998 in association with Pfiesteria-like zoospore concentrations of 600-35,000 cells/mL water (Glasgow 2001).
Pfiesteria in estuarine waters: the question of health risks
The latest blight reports also recommends using products with known zoospore activity.
Potato farmers told to keep on spraying
sojae mycelial growth or to zoospore germination was demonstrated in vitro (Bhattacharyya and Ward, 1985).
Biochemical response of soybean roots to Fusarium solani f. sp. glycines infection

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