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Definition of Appressorium
1. Noun. a bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi that is well attached to the cuticle of the host and from where a peg-shaped hypha is formed that penetrates the cuticle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Appressorium
1. [n -RIA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Appressorium
Literary usage of Appressorium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and Biological Control of Plant Pests by Jane P. Gates (1994)
"Temperature affected both formation of germ tubes and appres- soria, and the best
temperature-nutrient interaction was found for appressorium formation at ..."
2. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"The small projections at the margin firmly attach the appressorium to the leaf
by dissolving small ... From the center of the appressorium arises another ..."
3. Botanische Zeitung (1893)
"In solchen vermag das appressorium hinter seinem Ende dem Substrat parallel oder
häufiger anfangs nach diesem hin und dann erst ausweichend, ..."
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