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Charles Averre, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 1563680

edema

Photographer:
Charles Averre
Organization:
North Carolina State University
Descriptor:
Damage
Description:
Edema are blisters forming on the surface of roots.  The blisters may rupture and turn black when ruptured and colonized by microbes.
Image type:
Laboratory
Host:
sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.)

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Subject

Kingdom: Other damage agents
Phylum:
Class: Other damage agents
Order: Physiological disorder
Family: Physiological disorder
Subject: edema

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Subject: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Image last updated:
Tuesday, November 2, 2010