PLANT DISEASES
Across
- 2. A group of tiny organisms whose size is between that of the viruses and bacteria
- 3. Composed of growing structure of delicate threadlike filaments called hyphae
- 5. An organism which depends wholly or partly on another living organism for its food
- 7. The capacity of a pathogen to cause disease
- 9. Fungicides that serve as foliage and fruit sprays to keep disease causing fungi from penetrating plants
- 10. Technically not considered to be living organism and referred as “infectious particles or entities”
Down
- 1. Fungicides that kill or inhibit fungi after they have penetrated the plants
- 4. Any disturbance brought about by a pathogen or an environmental factor which interferes with the growth and development of plants
- 6. Microscopic organism which obtains their food from decaying organic matter or living tissue
- 8. This occurs when a pathogen successfully enters a plant and grows, reproduces, and spreads within the plant