Pathogens and diseases to recognize and understand (Pine Trees)

Seedling Pathogens, Root Pathogens, Stem Decay Fungi, Mistletoes, Rust Fungi, Wilt Pathogens, Canker Pathogens, and Foliage Pathogens.

here – Oregon State

 

 

Plant Diseases

here – Purdue Agriculture Botany and Plant Pathology

here – Oregon State University Department of Botany and Plant Pathology

here – University of Wisconsin-Madison Plant Pathology

here – Marbletown Research Plant Biology Researches

here – Louisiana State University Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology

here – Michigan Turf Grass Botany and Plant Pathology

here – Wikipedia- Plant Pathology

 

“FEVER PHOBIA” – What a fever REALLY is.

here – A fever is a sign or a symptom of illness, not a disease.

here – Having a high temperature is part of the body’s defense mechanism.

here – Fever is positive evidence of an active immune system.

here – Simply put, fever is the body treating itself with heat.

fever. – A complex physiologic response to disease mediated by pyrogenic cytokines and characterized by a rise in core temperature, generation of acute phase reactants, and activation of immune systems. SYN febris, pyrexia. [A.S. fefer]

 

rocky mountain spotted fever

 

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever – The “Tick” disease

an acute infectious disease of high mortality, characterized by frontal and occipital headache, intense lumbar pain, malaise, a moderately high continuous fever, and a rash on wrists, palms, ankles, and soles from the second to the fifth day, later spreading to all parts of the body; it occursin the spring of the year primarily in the southeastern united states and the Rocky Mountain region, although it is endemic elsewhere in the united states, in parts of Canada, in Mexico, and in South America; the pathogenic organism is Rickettsia rickettsii, transmitted by two or more tick species of the genus Dermacentor; in the united states it is spread by D. andersoni in the western states and D. variabilis (a dog tick) in the eastern states. SYN “black fever,” “black measles,” “blue disease,” “blue fever,” “Mexican spotted fever,” “Sao Paulo fever,” “Tobia fever.”