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Final Jeopardy Questions
100

Nematodes in which the female becomes a protective container for eggs.

What is SCN?

100

Non-cellular plant pathogens

What are plant viruses?

100

A romantic plant parasite

What is leafy mistletoe?

100

The increase in disease in a population over time

What is an epidemic?

200

Feeding structure of plant-parasitic nematodes.

What is a stylet?

200

Reproductive process in plant viruses

What is replication?

200

A type of parasitic plant that relies fully on its host for resources

What is a holoparasite?

200

A type of serological assay

What is ELISA? What is an Immunostrip?

300

Genus of root-knot nematodes.

What is Meloidogyne?

300

A complete virus particle

What is a virion?

300

Multicellular root-like organs used by plants to parasitize other plants

What are haustoria?

300

Byproducts of pathogen attack that are detected by plants

What are DAMPS?

400

The infectious stage in most nematode life cycles

What is J2?

400

This type of microscope can visualize plant viruses

What is a SEM?

400

This parasitic plant can forcibly discharge seeds up 50 ft

What is dwarf mistletoe?

400

A model used to describe the arm race between a pathogen and a host plant

What is the zig-zag model?

500

A multinucleate cell formed through dissolution of the cell wall caused by nematode effectors

What is a syncytium?

500

Sap-mediated transmission of plant viruses

What is mechanical transmission?

500

This plant is a viny stem holoparasite

What is dodder?

500

Pathogen molecules delivered to plants to suppress immunity

What are effectors?