- Name 5 living causal agents of disease and give examples of each.
- Fungi – Apple scab (page 93 https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.cornell.edu/dist/d/11253/files/2025/01/Basic-Plant-Pathology-2011-Rockland.pdf)
- Bacteria – Fire blight (page 112, (page 93 https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.cornell.edu/dist/d/11253/files/2025/01/Basic-Plant-Pathology-2011-Rockland.pdf)
- Nematodes – root knot (page 147)
- Viruses - Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus
- Phytoplasmas - Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris (aster yellows)
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What are some examples of abiotic damage?
- Some examples of abiotic damage I have seen is frost damage and freeze injury, drought stress, and sunburn on squash plants.
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How do plant parasites differ from plant saprophytes?
- Parasites differ from plant saprophytes by the source of nutrition, how they feed, and how they affect their host (plant parasites harm their living hosts and plant saprophytes do not).
