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Anticryptogamic [ Phytopathology - Horticulture ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology
index of names

Synonyms: Fungicide, Antifungal, Antimicotic
Adjective: Fungicidal
Adverb: Fungicidally
     
 

An anticryptogamic or fungicide is a chemical , biological or physical agent, such as a pesticide that kills, inhibit or prevents the growth of fungi.

 
     

A substance or compound toxic to fungi which is used in horticulture in gardens and crops to control, deter, or destroy diseases caused by fungi which can cause serious damage to the plants; may be chemical, physical, or biological.
 

 


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Holdfast roots  [ Botany  ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

 
     
  Some species of climbing plants develop holdfast roots which help to support the vines on trees, walls, and rocks. By forcing their way into minute pores and crevices, they hold the plant firmly in place.  
     
Climbing plants, like the poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans), Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata), and trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans),  develop holdfast roots which help to support the vines on trees, walls, and rocks. By forcing their way into minute pores and crevices, they hold the plant firmly in place. Usually the Holdfast roots die at the end of the first season, but in some species they are perennial. In the tropics some of the large climbing plants have hold-fast roots by which they attach themselves, and long, cord-like roots that extend downward through the air and may lengthen and branch for several years until they strike the soil and become absorbent roots.

Major references and further lectures:
1) E. N. Transeau “General Botany” Discovery Publishing House, 1994
   

 

 

 

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