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plant pathology (s) (noun), plant pathologies (pl)
A particular area in botanical science that is concerned with the diseases of verdure: Plant pathology involves research about microbes and the environmental factors that can cause diseases in plants, the factors and processes involved in the development of diseases, and the methods of preventing and controlling plant diseases.

"The challenge to plant pathology is just beginning to take on a worldwide significance as the race intensifies to produce more, and more wholesome, food while still safeguarding our environment."

—"Plant Pathology" by George N. Agrios; Professor and Chairman,
Department of Plant Pathology; The University of Florida;
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology;
Academic Press; San Diego; 1992; page 1665.
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