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Dissemination Reviewed: March 2023 The spread of infectious material (inoculum) from a diseased to a healthy plant by wind, water, humans, insects, animal, machinery, or other means. ...

Dormancy Reviewed: March 2023 Nongrowing (inactive, quiescent) state of a plant. ...

Dwarfing Reviewed: March 2023 The underdevelopment of any organ of a plant. ...

Enation Reviewed: March 2023 an abnormal outgrowth from the surface of a stem or leaf. ...

Endogenous Reviewed: March 2023 Produced inside. ...

Endophytic Reviewed: March 2023 Living within another plant. ...

Enphytotic Reviewed: March 2023 Plant disease that causes about the same amount of injury each year. ...

Epidemiology (adj. Epidemiologic) Reviewed: March 2023 The study of factors influencing the initiation, development, and spread of infectious disease. Also, the study of disease in populations. ...

Epinasty Reviewed: March 2023 An abnormal downward-curving growth or movement of a leaf, leaf part, or stem. ...

Epiphytotic Reviewed: March 2023 The widespread and destructive development of a disease on many plants in a community or communities. ...