blighting fungi

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• plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction       an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions.       All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… …   Universalium

• late blight — Plant Pathol. a disease of plants, esp. potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii. [1900 05] * * * ▪ plant… …   Universalium

• brown rot — noun any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues • Hypernyms: ↑plant disease • Hyponyms: ↑brown rot gummosis, ↑gummosis, ↑ring rot, ↑ring disease, ↑tobacco wilt * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• Blight — Blight, n. 1. Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• heartrot — noun any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees) • Hypernyms: ↑plant disease * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of several rots involving the central part of a plant or plant organ: as a. : disintegration of the… …   Useful english dictionary

• late blight — noun blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans • Hypernyms: ↑blight • Hyponyms: ↑celery blight * * * noun : a blight of plants in which… …   Useful english dictionary