2. Noun. (plural of oöspore) ¹
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Definition of Oospores
1. oospore [n] - See also: oospore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oospores
Literary usage of Oospores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"The spores have a great power of resistance to cold; and, when once established,
these moulds are very difficult to extirpate. oospores of Phytophthora ..."
2. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1890)
"This species was fully as abundant as in 1889, and likewise " oospores could be
... The oospores do agree with the description and figures usually given of ..."
3. British Fresh-water Algae, Exclusive of Desmidieae and Diatomaceae by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1882)
"Oogonia always destitute of median processes. a oospores globose or subglobose.
... oospores even. a oospores globose or subglobose. CE. flavescens, Hass. ..."
4. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"The oospores of this species are not so commonly found as the conidiophores. ...
The formation of these oospores is characteristic of the family; that is, ..."
5. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1908)
"Of the three specimens collected none contained oospores. ... Of the four Indiana
specimens examined one contained oospores. ..."
6. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1908)
"While the fungus had appeared in Delaware much earlier in the season (as evidenced
by both conidia and oospores collected by Dr. Cook and Mr. Jackson), ..."
7. Annual Report (1905)
"Shipley (1887) describes and figured the oospores in onion leaves from Bermuda
and concluded that by means of these the fungus survived unfavorable ..."
8. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1913)
"oospores globose, the thick wall smooth. Closely related to Peronospora effusa
... As oospores are produced abundantly in the tissue of the dead leaves, ..."