phytopathologyn.
/ˌfʌɪtəʊpəˈθɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌfaɪdoʊpəˈθɑlədʒi/ The branch of science concerned with diseases of plants; plant pathology.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > study of diseases
phytopathology1864
the world > plants > botany > [noun] > specific branches or aspects of botany
phytognomy1643
topology1659
vegetable statics1691
cryptogamy1783
fossil botany1822
nomology1825
structural botany1835
phytochemistry1837
phytochimy1847
phytogeography1847
astrobotany1851
phytonomy1851
phytophysiology1854
palaeophytology1857
phytobiology1860
phytopathology1864
plant physiology1870
palaeobotany1872
plant geography1878
phytopalaeontology1879
plant pathology1891
ethnobotany1896
floristic1898
phyteconomy1898
phytoteratology1898
phytoecology1899
geobotany1904
phytosociology1917
archaeobotany1954
palaeoethnobotany1959
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Phytopathology,..an account of diseases to which plants are liable.
1891 Vet. Jrnl. 32 253 Phytopathology afforded many instances of local death of a part produced by the parasite.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 754/2 ‘Phytopathology’ or plant pathology..comprises our knowledge of the symptoms, course, causes and remedies of the maladies which threaten the life of plants, or which result in abnormalities of structure that are regarded, whether directly injurious or not to life, as unsightly or undesirable.
1976 Nature 12 Feb. 449/1 A large proportion of the money devoted to agricultural research in the UK is spent on phytopathology and crop protection and has enabled the production of virus-free and disease-resistant crops.
1996 H. W. Paul Sci., Vine, & Wine in Mod. France i. 28 He made classic contributions to phytopathology and phytopharmacy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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