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INSECT PATHOGENS [6 records]

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Record 1 2022-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Silviculture
DEF

[A specialist who studies] both biotic and abiotic maladies affecting the health of a forest ecosystem, primarily fungal pathogens and their insect vectors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Sylviculture
DEF

[Spécialiste] qui étudie les maladies biotiques et abiotiques affectant la santé des écosystèmes forestiers, maladies dues principalement à des champignons pathogènes et à leurs insectes vecteurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Silvicultura
DEF

[Especialista en el] estudio de enfermedades bióticas y abióticas que afectan la salud de los árboles o los bosques, principalmente patógenos fúngicos y sus vectores.

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Record 2 2019-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Silviculture
DEF

[The branch of botany concerned with] the research of both biotic and abiotic maladies affecting the health of a forest ecosystem, primarily fungal pathogens and their insect vectors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Sylviculture
DEF

[...] discipline botanique qui étudie les maladies biotiques et abiotiques affectant la santé des écosystèmes forestiers, maladies dues principalement à des champignons pathogènes et à leurs insectes vecteurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Silvicultura
DEF

[Rama de la botánica que se encarga del] estudio de enfermedades bióticas y abióticas que afectan la salud de los árboles o los bosques, principalmente patógenos fúngicos y sus vectores.

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Record 3 2016-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
Universal entry(ies)
Nilaparvata lugens
Latin
CONT

In some instances, farmers cannot use rice varieties bred for resistance to bacterial blight, because they lack resistance to other pathogens and pests. The most serious of these pests is the brown plant hopper, an insect that causes severe damage to rice plants as it feeds. It also transmits damaging pathogens such as the grassy-stunt and ragged-stunt viruses.

OBS

brown planthopper; Nilaparvata lugens: terms extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Nilaparvata lugens
Latin
OBS

Nilaparvata lugens (Stal).

OBS

delphacide brune du riz; Nilaparvata lugens : termes extraits du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduits avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
DEF

A genus of helical mycoplasmas that includes plant and insect pathogens and possible animal pathogens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
DEF

Procaryote sans paroi (mycoplasme) parasite des plantes, tel que Spiroplasma citri, responsable de la maladie du stubborn des citrus.

OBS

Parasite des végétaux [...] animé d'un mouvement rapide d'enroulement le long de l'axe.

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
DEF

An organism that will produce disease within their host.

OBS

pathogen: An organism or virus which causes a disease.

CONT

Bacillus thuringiensis and B. popillae are examples of insect pathogens, in this case against larvae of several moths/butterflies and Japanese beetles, respectively.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
CONT

Les parasites d'insectes se répartissent en deux classes zoologiques; les insectes et les nématodes.

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)

Spanish

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