Definition of Genus Sclerotinia

1. Noun. Large genus of ascomycetous fungi including various destructive plant pathogens.

Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Sclerotiniaceae, Sclerotiniaceae
Member holonyms: Sclerotinia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sclerotinia

genus Schizosaccharomyces
genus Schlumbergera
genus Schomburgkia
genus Sciadopitys
genus Sciaena
genus Sciaenops
genus Sciara
genus Scilla
genus Scincella
genus Scincus
genus Scindapsus
genus Scirpus
genus Sciurus
genus Scleranthus
genus Scleroderma
genus Sclerotinia (current term)
genus Sclerotium
genus Scolopax
genus Scolopendrium
genus Scolymus
genus Scolytus
genus Scomber
genus Scomberesox
genus Scomberomorus
genus Scombresox
genus Scophthalmus
genus Scopolia
genus Scorpaena
genus Scorzonera
genus Scrophularia

Literary usage of Genus Sclerotinia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"... genera of this family, the genus Sclerotinia includes the most important parasitic species. It is characterized particularly by the fact that typically ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"16) varying in size from under a millimeter to 15 to 20 centimeters in diameter. About 10 families. The genus Sclerotinia contains several very destructive ..."

3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"These fungi represent the two sections of the genus Sclerotinia the members of which have frequently furnished material for investigations designed to throw ..."

4. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology by George. Massee (1895)
"... and the villous exterior suggest the genus Sclerotinia. In Symb. Myc., Append, ii., p. 65, Fuckel identifies his fungus with a species described as ..."

5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1910)
"... placed the fungus in the ascomycetous genus Sclerotinia, although its perfect stage was not known until discovered by Norton" in 190'2. ..."

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