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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Research, Technology, Methods > biological properties and phenomena > biological resistance > disease resistance > plant disease resistance
Preferred Term:

plant disease resistance

Definition:
The ability of a plant species to defend against and/or overcome a pathological process that is caused by a pathological agent or an invading organism, either by completely or partially reducing its magnitude of damage.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
disease resistance
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/142532
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