Disciplines and Occupations

Plant Pathology

The study of infectious diseases associated with plants.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The study of infectious diseases associated with plants.

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Synonyms

17 entry terms
  • Phytopathology
  • Pathologies, Plant
  • Pathology, Plant
  • Phytopathologies
  • Plant Pathologies
  • Plant Bacteriology
  • Plant Mycology
  • Plant Virology
  • Bacteriologies, Plant
  • Bacteriology, Plant
  • Mycologies, Plant
  • Mycology, Plant
  • Plant Bacteriologies
  • Plant Mycologies
  • Plant Virologies
  • Virologies, Plant
  • Virology, Plant

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use PLANT DISEASES for diseases in plants; use PLANTS /microbiol or /virol for microbiologic or virologic studies of plants and do not index here

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History Note

2012

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Previous Indexing

  • Plant Diseases (1963-2011)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Plant Pathology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D061066. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D061066
  2. Plant Pathology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_pathology
  3. Plant Pathology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188956