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Welcome to the Abiotic Plant Problems web page, an interactive source of information. This web site aims to provide EHS 327 students and the general public with an outline of some of the symptoms and causes of many of the commonly found abiotic plant disorders.
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Factors of temperature, light, moisture, soil, air relations and other aspects of the physical environment are responsible for well over half of all the abiotic disorders of plants. These non infectious factors may cause plant stress producing responses anywhere from mild disturbances, having minor effects on plant growth to severe ailments resulting in severe stunting or even death.
Disorders caused by abiotic stress are poorly understood and often unrecognized. Diagnosing these disorders requires a knowledge of the cultural, nutritional and other environmental conditions that favor each species. Although a great deal is understood about how plants operate under normal conditions, the question arises as to how these processes operate under less than normal or adverse conditions.
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These web pages have been designed by Mark Reynolds (markreyn@hotmail.com) for the Environmental Horticultural Science Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California USA. Acknowledgments- David Hannings, Dr. David Green, Bob Rice and Thomas Young.
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