microsclerotium

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noun

A very small sclerotium

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Meanings

nounmicrosclerotium (plural microsclerotia)

plural microsclerotia

  1. A very small sclerotium

    Usually, viable microsclerotium density in soil can be quantified prior to or at sowing in order to predict the risk of wilt [2 –5 ].

    2015 July 14, “Spatial Pattern of Verticillium dahliae Microsclerotia and Cotton Plants with Wilt Symptoms in Commercial Plantations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From micro- + sclerotium.

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