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PLANTE-HOTE [2 records]

Record 1 2009-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

A plant other than the main host, on which a pathogen or pest can live ... Many rusts also overwinter on alternate hosts ...

CONT

An alternate host plant in the life cycle of an organism, e.g. of rusts.

OBS

alternate host: abridged term

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
OBS

Plante-hôte relais : Ann. Zool. écol. animale, 1972, vol. 4, n° 3.

OBS

Plante intervenant dans le cycle biologique d'un organisme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Producción vegetal
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Record 2 2004-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Botany
DEF

A plant that supports a parasite habitually dwelling in or upon it.

CONT

... Brimstone larvae eat cabbage, but conventional wisdom is that purging and alder buckthorn are their only food plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Botanique
DEF

Organisme [...] végétal qui héberge un parasite.

CONT

À l'opposé, l'étalement des dates de semis d'une culture pérenne peut assurer une hétérogénéité qui limitera le développement dans l'espace d'un déprédateur inféodé à un stade phénologique précis de la plante hôte. Des études en ce sens sont entreprises pour évaluer l'impact économique de cette technique en sylviculture.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Botánica
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