Alternate host

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1. a secondary host that becomes infected (infection) and is necessary for alternating generations of a disease-causing organism.

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The common barberry is an alternate host for wheat stem rust.
Source: http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=9749

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