plant pathology

American  

noun

1. the branch of botany dealing with diseases of plants.

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Etymology

Origin of plant pathology

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Overall, the research underscores the growing importance of bioinformatics, plant pathology, and collaboration across scientific fields.

From Science Daily

"CLRDV was officially detected in 2017, so the assumption was that it had only recently entered the U.S.," said Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde, formerly a Cornell postdoctoral associate and now Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology at Iowa State.

From Science Daily

Samuel Bruce Martin Jr. was born Jan. 9, 1954, in Conway, Ark. After receiving his Ph.D. in plant pathology from North Carolina State University in 1982, he worked on tobacco and a variety of other crops before arriving at Clemson and focusing exclusively on turf grass in 1987.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rupesh Kariyat, an associate professor of entomology and plant pathology with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, has been studying silverleaf nightshade for more than a decade.

From Science Daily

Vasquez, now an entomology and plant pathology Ph.D. student at the University of Arkansas, was the lead author.

From Science Daily