and shoots lying on the soil. Under favourable conditions oospores will germinate and infect the lower leaves of the plant. Then the sporangia are…
especially dehydration. Germination of the oospores is stimulated by exudates from roots of a susceptible host nearby. The oospores germinate and form…
are 15-25 cm long and 2-3 cm thick. Each bean pod contains some 3-8 seeds. These seeds are round or more oval shaped. [...] the United Kingdom, New…
world. They are in fact, not actual beans, but the seeds of Coffea , a genus of flowering plants whose seeds are known worldwide as coffee beans. It…
Pisum sativum Peas About This popular vegetable is a round seed in the seed pod of the fruit, Pisum sativum . Pods of this plant develop from the…
across the surface and infect adjacent stomata. Both types of spores can germinate within two or three hours under humid conditions, but infection…
aubergine is classified as a berry. The fruit contains many small and soft seeds. These seeds taste rather bitter, because they contain nicotinoid…
carrots Black rot of carrots ( Alternaria radicina ) is a seed-transferred carrot disease. The seeds are the main source of primary infection and this…
Oryza spp. Rice About Rice is actually the seed of two particular species of grass: Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). Rice…
ovaries. The so-called ‘seeds’ (achenes) that are visible on the strawberry’s skin, are in reality the ovaries of the flower with a seed inside.
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