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Passion fruit woodiness virus (PWV) is a plant pathogenic virus [2] in the genus Potyvirus and the virus family Potyviridae. Like other members of the genus Potyvirus , PWV is a monopartite strand of positive-sense, single-stranded RNA surrounded by a capsid made for a single viral encoded protein.
The third type of poisoning is a long-term low-level exposure, which individuals are exposed to from sources such as pesticide residues in food as well as contact with pesticide residues in the air, water, soil, sediment, food materials, plants and animals. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Passiflora foetida (common names: stinking passionflower, wild maracuja, bush passion fruit, wild water lemon, [1] stoneflower, [1] love-in-a-mist, or running pop [1]) is a species of passion flower that is native to the southwestern United States (southern Texas and Arizona), Mexico, [2] the Caribbean, Central America, and much of South America.
Web blotch is currently found in all major peanut growing states in the south. It can be a highly damaging disease. In ideal conditions web blotch can cause yield loss as high as 50%. [124] The first sign that a plant is infected with web blotch is small tan blotches on plant leaves. The leaf will become brittle and the plant will defoliate. [124]
Plants that cause illness or death after consuming them are referred to as poisonous plants. The toxins in poisonous plants affect herbivores , and deter them from consuming the plants. Plants cannot move to escape their predators, so they must have other means of protecting themselves from herbivorous animals.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Missouri designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...
This is the fifth-largest fish kill on record for the state of Iowa, data shows. The state record for the largest fish kill occurred in 2001, when a fertilizer spill killed nearly 1.3 million fish .
Fungicide residues have been found on food for human consumption, mostly from post-harvest treatments. [16] Some fungicides are dangerous to human health, such as vinclozolin, which has now been removed from use. [17] Ziram is also a fungicide that is toxic to humans with long-term exposure, and fatal if ingested. [18]