one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus
ascospore in American English
(ˈæskoʊˌspɔr)
noun
any of the spores in an ascus
Word origin
asco- + spore
ascospore in American English
(ˈæskəˌspɔr, -ˌspour)
noun
Biology
a spore formed within an ascus
Derived forms
ascosporic (ˌæskəˈspɔrɪk, -ˈspɑr-) or ascosporous (æsˈkɑspərəs, ˌæskəˈspɔr-, -ˈspour-)
adjective
Word origin
[1870–75; asco- + spore]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: billing, giveaway, immobilize, onshore, upgrade
Examples of 'ascospore' in a sentence
ascospore
A 3-year study was conducted on ascospore discharge.
Valentina Manstretta, Vittorio Rossi 2015, 'Effects of Weather Variables on Ascospore Discharge from Fusarium graminearum Perithecia',PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0138860. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Additional 19 mutants were defective in ascospore release or morphology.
Chenfang Wang, Shijie Zhang, Rui Hou, Zhongtao Zhao, Qian Zheng, Qijun Xu, Dawei Zheng,Guanghui Wang, Huiquan Liu, Xuli Gao, Ji-Wen Ma, H Corby Kistler, Zhensheng Kang,Jin-Rong Xu 2011, 'Functional analysis of the kinome of the wheat scab fungus Fusarium graminearum.',PLoS Pathogenshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3245316?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Deletion of hpp1 could rescue stroma formation but not ascospore generation under constant illumination.
Chia-Ling Chen, Hsiao-Che Kuo, Shu-Yu Tung, Paul Wei-Che Hsu, Chih-Li Wang, ChristianSeibel, Monika Schmoll, Ruey-Shyang Chen, Ting-Fang Wang 2012, 'Blue light acts as a double-edged sword in regulating sexual development of Hypocreajecorina (Trichoderma reesei).', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3445611?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Stem canker symptoms were produced more rapidly by using ascospore inoculum than by using conidial inoculum.
Yong-Ju Huang, Aiming Qi, Graham J. King, Bruce D. L. Fitt 2014, 'Assessing Quantitative Resistance against Leptosphaeria maculans (Phoma Stem Canker)in Brassica napus (Oilseed Rape) in Young Plants', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0084924. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Procymidone resulted in an inhibition of 13.5% and benzalkonium chloride in an inhibition of 13.9% in an ascospore germination test.
Ciro Hideki Sumida, Marcelo Giovanetti Canteri, Douglas Casaroto Peitl, Fabiana Tibolla,Idenize Pedrina Orsini, Felipe André Araújo, Débora Fonseca Chagas, Natália SanchesCalvos 2015, 'Chemical and biological control of Sclerotinia stem rot in the soybean crop', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782015000500760&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The first and the highest ascospore concentration dates depended on weather conditions in a particular season.
Adam Dawidziuk, Idalia Kasprzyk, Joanna Kaczmarek, Małgorzata Jędryczka 2012, 'Pseudothecial maturation and ascospore release of Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosain south-east Poland', Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/1507. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)