Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, same as
host , 2.
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Examples
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Known as cassava mealybugs, they are one of the many plant-eating parasites, tuned to the narrow frequency of their host-plant species.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Known as cassava mealybugs, they are one of the many plant-eating parasites, tuned to the narrow frequency of their host-plant species.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Known as cassava mealybugs, they are one of the many plant-eating parasites, tuned to the narrow frequency of their host-plant species.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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A field test of differential host-plant usage between two sibling species of Rhagoletis pomonella fruit flies Diptera:Tephritidae and its consequences for sympatric models of speciation.
Yet another controversy - the Intelligent Deceiver - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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This method, while more expensive and management intensive than collecting soil beneath a healthy host-plant, is appropriate if many seedlings are to be produced over a number of years.
Chapter 4 1996
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VAM inoculation is usually accomplished by incorporating the organic soil from beneath a healthy host-plant into the nursery soil at a rate of 5-10% per volume.
Chapter 4 1996
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The tree is a host-plant for lac producing insects.
Chapter 10 1996
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The tree is a host-plant for lac producing insects.
Chapter 44 1990
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All the putrefactive spawn of this fungus is inside the host-plant; cure, therefore, is difficult.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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Like the fungus of the Potato disease, it speedily sets up decomposition, and destroys the host-plant.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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