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aecial - What does it mean?

Definition of 'aecial'

English

Adjective

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  • (mycology) Of, pertaining to, or resembling an aecium.
  • * 1984 , D. E. Harder, 11: Developmental Ultrastructure of Hyphae and Spores'', William Bushnell, Alan P. Roelfs (editors), ''The Cereal Rusts: Origins , Volume I: Specificity, Structure, and Physiology, page 355,
  • In the inner wall facing the aecial cavity, the primary wall materials surrounding the processes disintegrate, partially exposing them.
  • * 1996 , George Newcombe, Chapter 10: The specificity of fungal pathogens of Populus'', Reinhard Friedrich Stettler (editor), ''Biology of Populus and Its Implications for Management and Conservation , page 226,
  • Aecial' hosts are primarily conifers. Damage to some '''aecial hosts may also be considered important, as in pine twist rust caused by ''M.[Melampsora] pinitorqua Rostrup.
  • * 1998 , G. Rangaswami, A. Mahadevan, Diseases of Crop Plants in India , 4th Edition, page 192,
  • The uredo- and teleuto-stages occur on wheat, barley and some grasses and the pycnidial and aecial stages on species of Berberis'' and ''Mahonia , the alternate hosts.