swollen shoot disease
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swollen shoot — noun or swollen shoot disease : a virus disease of cacao characterized by mosaic and shedding of leaves, dwarfing and mottling of pods, and especially by shortening and swelling of the internodes of the stem and of the roots * * * swollen shoot,… … Useful english dictionary
plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… … Universalium
Plant disease symptoms — ▪ Table Plant disease symptoms description and causes examples prenecrotic symptom expression that precedes the death of cells or the disintegration of tissues water soaking a water soaked, translucent condition of tissues caused by water moving… … Universalium
Kwame Nkrumah — on a Soviet postage stamp 3rd Chairman of the Organization of African Unity In office 21 October 1965 – 24 February 1966 … Wikipedia
Agbekoya — The Agbekoya Parapo Revolt of 1968 1969, popularly known as Agbekoya or the Egbe Agbekoya Revolt, was a peasant revolt in Nigeria s former Western region, home to the majority of the country s Yoruba population. It is the most well known peasant… … Wikipedia
cacao — /keuh kah oh, kay oh/, n., pl. cacaos. 1. a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc. 2. Also, cocoa. the fruit or seeds of this tree. [1545 55; < Sp < Nahuatl… … Universalium
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
gardening — /gahrd ning/, n. 1. the act of cultivating or tending a garden. 2. the work or art of a gardener. [1570 80; GARDEN + ING1] * * * Laying out and tending of a garden. Though palatial gardens existed in ancient times, small home gardens became… … Universalium
horticulture — horticultural, adj. horticulturist, n. /hawr ti kul cheuhr/, n. 1. the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants. 2. the science and art of cultivating such plants. [1670… … Universalium
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
