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Gall

Galls (from the Latin galla, 'oak-apple') or cecidia (from the Greek kēkidion, anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to benign tumors or warts in animals. They can be caused by various parasites, from viruses, fungi and bacteria, to other…

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related to Further reading · 24
Gall → Berkeley, Blanche, California, California Press, Collingwood, Collins, CSIRO Publishing, Ecology, Field Guide, Insects, ISBN, Life, Live, London, Margaret, Other Western States, Plant Galls, Redfern, Ron, Rosalind
related to External links · 17
Gall → Archived, Brandeis University, British Plant Gall SocietyA, Common, Field Guide, Kentucky Entomology, North East, Not To Be, Plant Galls, Plants Archived, Retrieved, Strange Growths, The Story, University, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineInsect Galls Archived, Wayback MachineTo Be
related to Fungi · 11
Gall → China, Exobasidium, Galls, Jiangsu, Leaf, Many, Millettia, The, Ustilago, Zhejiang, Zizania
related to Bacteria and viruses · 10
Gall → Agrobacterium, Gall-causing, Nephotettix, No, Polyhedral, Pseudomonas, Some, Symptoms, Thailand, The
related to Uses · 9
Gall → Antioch, Arabic, Galls, Medieval Arabic, Suwaydiyya, Syria, The, The Aleppo, The Talmud
related to Insects · 7
Gall → After, Galls, Insect, Some, The, They, To
related to Mites · 6
Gall → Aculops, Eriophyes, Eriophyidae, Mite, Mites, The
related to Nematodes · 5
Gall → Meloidogyne, Nematode, Nematodes, Some, The
related to Plants · 4
Gall → Belonocnema, Cassytha, More, The
see also · 2
Gall → British Plant Gall SocietyForest, Similar

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galls plant plants insects caused insect cause mites species fungi bacteria also tissues hemipteran nematodes larvae oak often leaf structures

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insectsinstance ofincluding animals0.80text
mitesinstance ofincluding animals0.80text
and nematodesinstance ofincluding animals0.80text
the Sitka spruceinstance ofwhich parasitises coniferous trees0.80text
the Norway spruce.Hemipteran gallsDeveloping pineapple pseudocone galls on Norway spruceinstance ofwhich parasitises coniferous trees0.80text
caused by woolly aphid Adelges abietisPineapple gall cut open to show the woolly aphid larvae insidePineapple gall on Sitka spruce caused by Adelges abietisPachypsylla celtidisumbilicus hackberry gallDipteran fliesSome dipteran flies such as the cecidomyiid gall midges Dasineura investitainstance ofwhich parasitises coniferous trees0.80text
Neolasioptera boehmeriaeinstance ofwhich parasitises coniferous trees0.80text
and some Agromyzidae leaf-miner flies cause galls.Midge gallsGall of Japanagromyza infernainstance ofwhich parasitises coniferous trees0.80text
caused by woolly aphid Adelges abietisPineapple gall cut open to show the woolly aphid larvae insidePineapple gall on Sitka spruce caused by Adelges abietisPachypsylla celtidisumbilicus hackberry gall Dipteran fliesSome dipteran flies such as the cecidomyiid gall midges Dasineura investitainstance ofwhich parasitises coniferous trees0.80text
Gallrelated to Bacteria and virusesGall-causing0.60section
Gallrelated to Bacteria and virusesAgrobacterium0.60section
Gallrelated to Bacteria and virusesPseudomonas0.60section

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