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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. biological properties and phenomena
  3. biological resistance
  4. disease resistance

Preferred term

disease resistance

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Describing any organism which has low susceptibility or has the ability to withstand a disease caused by infectious agents (i.e., viruses, bacteria, fungi) or by parasitic nematodes, protozoa and helminths.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • disease tolerance

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/151

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