Physiological plant disorder Physiological plant disorder Physiological plant disorders are caused by non-pathological conditions such as poor light, adverse weather, water-logging, phytotoxic compounds or a lack of nutrients, and affect the functioning of the plant system. Physiological disorders are distinguished from plant diseases caused by pathogens, such as a virus or fungus. While the symptoms of physiological disorders may appear disease-like, they can usually be prevented by altering environmental conditions. However, once a plant shows symptoms of a physiological disorder it is likely that, that season’s growth or yield will be reduced. Diagnosis of the cause of a physiological disorder (or disease) can
Proofs involving the addition of natural numbers induction on "a", and so we have proved the base case "b" = 1. Now, suppose that for all natural numbers "a", we have "a" + "b" = "b" + "a". We must show that for all natural numbers "a", we have "a" + "S"("b") = "S"("b") + "a". We have This completes the induction on "b". Proofs involving the addition of natural numbers This article contains mathematical proofs for some properties of addition of the natural numbers: the additive identity, commutativity, and associativity. These proofs are used in the article Addition of natural numbers. This article will use the