White Oak Galls (IMAGE)

Emory Health Sciences

White Oak Galls

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White oak leaves and marble-sized galls. Galls are growths on plants caused by invasions of parasites, viruses, fungi and bacteria -- making galls centers of activity for both attacks on a plant's system and a plant's defense of those attacks.

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Photo by Stephen Nowland, Emory University

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