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Plant Pests and Their Control

Anything that impairs the healthy growth and maturation of a plant may be regarded as an injurious agent.Some injurious agents cannot be transmitted.Agents that can be transmitted from one plant to another are regarded as either infectious or infestious.An infected plant has the injurious agent a

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Plant Pests and Their Control

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    1. Chapter 6 Plant Pests and Their Control

    2. Anything that impairs the healthy growth and maturation of a plant may be regarded as an injurious agent. Some injurious agents cannot be transmitted. Agents that can be transmitted from one plant to another are regarded as either infectious or infestious. An infected plant has the injurious agent active within it. An infested plant has the agent active on its surface.

    3. A parasite is an organism incapable of manufacturing its own food. The parasitic insects, fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes, as well as the weeds, are usually referred to as plant pests.

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