Agricultural Crop Disease Management - Category 1C - Iowa Commercial Pesticide Applicator Manual - Vocabulary 2024/2025 passed

Agricultural Crop Disease Management - Category 1C - Iowa Commercial Pesticide Applicator Manual - VocabularyPlant Disease - correct answer Any abnormal plant growth. Symptoms - correct answer Visible effects of a plant disease on a host plant. Pathogen - correct answer The parasitic organism that causes a disease. Plant Disease Triangle - correct answer 1 - Susceptible Host Plant 2 - Pathogen 3 - Favorable Environment Host - correct answer Plant being invaded by pathogen and serving as food source. Favorable Environment - correct answer Environmental factors that allow the pathogen to invade the host plant. Environment - correct answer The surroundings and/ or conditions that the plants exist in. Vector - correct answer A virus transmitted by an insect. Stylet - correct answer A needlelike structure found on plant-parasitic nematodes. Disease Cycle - correct answer The chain of events involved in disease development.