crown gall in English
noun
1
a bacterial disease of plants, especially fruit bushes and trees, that is characterized by large tumorlike galls on the roots and lower trunk.
Cane blight and bacterial crown gall are two important pathogens of brambles that enter the plant almost exclusively through wounds.
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1. Agrobacterium A genus of soil bacteria, the species A. tumefaciens being the causative agent of CROWN GALL, a type of tumor in plants.
2. Interestingly, these hypoxia-induced Acclimations are not restricted to flooding stress but seem to be an inherent part of plant development, as hypoxia also occurs in developing seeds, fruits, meristems, vascular bundles, tubers, crown gall tumours, and lateral roots (Kerpen et al., 2019; Shukla et al., 2019; Weits et al., 2019)