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Arkansas Tech - Plant Pathology

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When was the first plant mycoplasma discovered?   1960s  
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Do mycoplasmas have a cell wall?   YES  
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Who cultured a mycoplasma in 1898 for the first time?   Rocard & Roux  
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Name two examples of mycoplasmas:   Tomato Big Bud Aster Yellow  
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Who treated Aster Yellow with tetracycline in 1967?   Doi & Ishii  
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When they are young, mycoplasmas resemble a ______________.   fungus  
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Mycoplasmas don't have a true cell membrane. It is actually a _____________.   3-layered membrane  
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pleomorphic   assumes many different shapes (mycoplasma cells are pleomorphic)  
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Mycoplasmas stain what color?   Red (gram -)  
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What do mycoplasmas look like in culture?   a fried egg  
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How are mycoplasmas transmitted in the field?   leaf-hoppers  
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Do antibiotics work on mycoplasmas?   yes - but only during treatment  
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L-phase is a variant of what?   bacteria  
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Some bacteria can shift to the L-phase when they are exposed to ____________.   UV light  
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What microbe was first observed in L-phase?   Streptobacillus moniliformis  
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Why won't penicilan work on a bacteria in L-phase?   It doesn't have a cell wall.  
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When were Rickettsia microorganisms discovered?   1950s  
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How do Rickettsia stain?   Red (Gram -)  
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Name two Rickettsial diseases   Pierce's Disease of grape Phony Peach (look great then crash)  
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Can Rickettsia be treated with penicillan?   YES  
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What type of cell wall do Rickettsia have?   a wavy cell wall  
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Describe Rickettsia   obligate parasite (must have a living host)  
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Do Spiroplasmas have a cell wall?   NO  
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Give an example of a Spiroplasma   Spiroplasma citri (Citris Stubburn)  
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Describe what a Spiroplasma looks like.   coiled organism pogo stick-like spring  
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Name the most economically important disease.   Fungi  
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Most fungi are _________________.   saprophytic (loves dead things)  
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How many fungal species cause plant diseases?   8,000  
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Name the 4 main classes of fungi   Class Phycomycetes Class Ascomycetes Class Basidiomycetes Class Deuteromycetes  
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Name some beneficial things fungi do:   break down dead material into fertile soil; used as medicine (penicillin); some are edible (mushrooms); fermentation (bread, wine, cheese, beer)  
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Most fungi will produce threads called __________.   filaments  
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thallus   simple plant body that does not have stems, roots or leaves; is the vegetative body of a fungus  
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hypha(e)   single thread of filament of a fungus thallus  
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septa   are cross-walls in hypha  
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septated hypha   hypha w/ cross-walls  
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non-septated hyphae   no cross-walls ("coenocytic")  
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a filament is the same thing as a __________   hypha  
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describe a fungal cell:   a hypha segment bound on each side by a septa  
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How many nuclei does a fungal cell have?   can be uninucleate, binucleate, or multinucleate  
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mycelium   a mass of hyphae (but you can see the seperate hypha)  
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Rhizomorph   a thick interwoven strand of hyphae (like a mop); can't distinguish the individual hyphae  
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describe Rhizomorph dormancy   can go dormant when conditions are bad then resume growth when conditions are better  
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How do fungi reproduce sexually?   by a spore - a propogative unit that functions as a seed, but differs in that it does not contain a pre-formed embryo  
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How do fungi reproduce asexually?   by a spore inside the hyphae  
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chlamydospore   a spore inside the hyphae  
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Where was Dutch Elm Disease first discovered?   in Holland in early 1900  
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What is Dutch Elm Disease?   a fungus  
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Ceratocystis ulmi   Dutch Elm Disease  
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How did Dutch Elm Disease get to the U.S.?   first came to Cincinnati & Cleveland areas in 1930s in a horticulture trade show  
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Where is Dutch Elm Disease in the U.S. now?   all 50 states  
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What class is Dutch Elm Disease?   Class Ascomycetes  
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Name the Dutch Elm Disease's sexual fruiting structure:   perithecium  
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How can a healthy Elm tree get DED?   1. a natural root graft 2. Bark Elm Beetle  
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Describe how the Bark Elm Beetle spreads DED:   beetle overwinters in vascular system of a diseased elm; female will lay eggs in xylem; eggs hatch and larvae will pupate and fly out, carrying fungus and feed on healthy trees  
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Name DED's internal symptoms:   1. beetle gallery 2. brown xylem ring  
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Name DED's external symptoms:   1. die-back at top 2. yellowing, sparse folliage  
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Name ways to control DED:   1. cut & burn the tree 2. get a resistant cultivar ("American Liberty") 3. chemical barrier in the Chinese Elm  
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substrate   object on which a fungus grows and gets food  
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most primitive fungus   Class Phycomycetes  
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How many fungi are in class Ascomycetes?   15,000  
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Describe the hyphae in class Phycomycetes.   coenocytic - hyphae have no cross-walls  
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hastoria   needle-like structure that enters leaf and then opens up to start feeding  
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zygospore   sexual reproductive structure for class Phycomycetes  
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conidiospore   asexual reproductive structure for class Phycomycetes  
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water molds and pond scum in this class   Phycomycetes  
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How many fungi are in class Phycomycetes?   1400  
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Describe the hyphae in class Ascomycetes   hyphae are septated  
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"sac" fungi   class Ascomycetes  
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ascus   sexual fruiting structure in class Ascomycetes  
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describe what an ascus looks like   hotdog bun with 8 sexual ascospores inside  
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stroma   a mass of hyphae with ascospores emerging  
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conidiospores on conidiophores   asexual reproductive structures in class Ascomycetes  
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Name 5 main asexual fruiting structures in class Ascomycetes   1. free conidiospores/conidiophores 2. synemma 3. acervulus 4. sporodochium 5. pycnidium  
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synemma   dense group of compact conidiospores/conidiophores  
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acervulus   depressed structure, lined w/ conidiospores and conidiophores  
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an example of a fungus with an acervulus   Venturia inaequalis (Apple Scab)  
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sporodochium   cushion-like mass bearing asexual conidiospores/conidiophores (looks like a short synemma)  
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pycnidium   flask-like structure lined w/ asexual conidiospores/conidiophores  
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Name the two sexual subclasses in class Ascomycetes   Subclass Hemiascomycetes Subclass Euascomycetes  
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ostiole   opening of the flask-shaped pycnidium  
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Describe subclass Hemiascomycetes   1.oddball 2.sexual ascospores inside an "invisible" ascus (hotdog bun) 3. ascospores are stacked up  
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give an example of subclass Hemiascomycetes   Taphrina deformans "Peach leaf curl"  
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name the three groups/series in subclass Euascomycetes   1. Series Pyrenomycetes 2. Series Plectomycetes 3. Series Discomycetes  
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perithecium   flask-shaped structure filled w/ sexual ascospores in series Pyrenomycetes  
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give an example of something with a perithecium   Venturia inaequalis Apple Scab  
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cleistothecium   a closed structure filled with sexual ascospores  
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an example of something with a cleistothecium   Erisiphe graminis Powdery mildew  
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apothecium   depressed area with upright ascospores  
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an example of something with an apothecium   Sclerotinia fructicola Brown Rot (of stone fruit)  
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Name 2 subclasses of class Basidiomycetes   1. subclass Heterobasidiomycetes 2. subclass Homobasidiomycetes  
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describe class Basidiomycetes   septated hyphae; has sexual fruiting structure called a Basidium  
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describe the basidium in subclass Heterobasidiomycetes   basidium will be divided into cells or deeply fingered  
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sterigma   little launching pad that the sexual basidiospore is attached to (on a basidium)  
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Name 2 orders under subclass Heterobasidiomycetes   1. order Uredinales 2. order Ustilaginales  
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Rust fungi   order Uredinales ex: Puccinia Gymnosporangium  
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Smut fungi   order Ustilaginales ex: Tilletia  
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mushrooms and puffballs   subclass Homobasidiomycetes  
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describe the basidium in subclass Homobasidiomycetes   it is 1 cell (not divided)  
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Name 2 orders under subclass Homobasidiomycetes   1. order Polyporales 2. order Agaricales  
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gill fungi   order Agaricales  
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describe a rust   obligate parasites can produce 5 different spore forms  
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macrocyclic   rust producing all 5 spores  
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microcyclic   rust producing less than all 5 types of spores  
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stroma   mass of hyphae in ascomycetes  
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sorus   mass of hyphae in basidiomycetes  
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rust that needs only 1 host plant   autoecious rust  
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rust that needs 2 host plants   heteroecious rust  
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describe smuts   fungus; saprophyte (love dead stuff); most are host-specific AND plant-part specific  
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classify smuts   class Basidiomycetes subclass Heterosidiomycetes order Ustilaginales  
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rusts and smuts are found in what class?   class Basidiomycetes  
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teliospores   asexual spores in smuts .........  
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smut symptoms can be _____________   localized OR systemic  
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give an example of a smut   Tilletia  
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Class of Fungi Imperfecti?   Class Deuteromycetes  
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2nd class organisms   Fungi Imperfecti Class Deuteromycetes  
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why is Class Deuteromycetes called 2nd class organisms?   have no sexual stage  
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leaf-spotting fungus   Class Deuteromycetes  
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Name the 4 form-orders of class Deuteromycetes   1. Form-order Sphaeropsidales 2. Form-order Melanconiales 3. Form-order Moniliales 4. Form-order Mycelia Sterilia  
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when was the electron microscope invented?   1933  
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What is the asexual structure in form-order Sphaeropsidales?   pycnidium  
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Phoma Septoria Diplodia   Form-order Sphaeropsidales  
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What asexual structure is found in form-order Melanconiales?   acervulus  
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Colletotrichum   an example of form-order Melanconiales  
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the wilts   found in form-order Moniliales  
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What asexual fruiting structure is found in form-order Moniliales?   free, synemma and sporodochium  
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sclerotium   mass of hyphae; found in form-order Mycelia Sterilia  
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define "virus"   poison (Latin)  
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first person to transmit a virus   Mayer; Tobacco Mosaic Virus  
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first thing identified from a virus   Tulip Color Break  
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who found Tulip Color Break?   Clusius; 1576  
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Who was the first person to crystallize a virus?   Stanley; 1935  
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Describe a virus   ultra-microscopic inner-core is nucleic acid outer shell is protein obligate parasite will enter a plant passively  
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Describe 3 virus shapes:   1. rigid rod 2. flexous rod 3. icosahedron (20-sided)  
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Describe virus symptoms   1.local (like ring spot) 2. systemic (gets in xylem & phloem - yellowing or stunting)  
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masked symptom - virus   plant is infected, has no symptoms until a variable like temperature is changed. Then symptom shows up.  
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symptomless carrier - virus   plant never shows any symptoms, but is a carrier and can transmit the virus  
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Name all virus symptoms   yellowing, stunting, mosaic/molting, ringspot, leaf-curling, excessive branching; vein-clearing, enations  
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enations   little bumps, caused by virus  
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synergism in viruses   Virus A + Virus B = Virus C w/ new symptoms  
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cross-protection   plant makes antibodies in response to exposure to avirulent strain; will protect against virulent strain  
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Describe virus infection process:   virus is passive until enters host; protein coat will unravel; nucleic acid is the infectious part; nucleic acid will take over activity of host plant nucleus; cell makes more virus particles  
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