late blight of potato

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• 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

• 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

• late blight — noun Date: 1900 a disease of solanaceous plants (as the potato and tomato) that is caused by a fungus (Phytophthora infestans) and is characterized by decay of stems, leaves, and in the potato also of tubers …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Blight — refers to a specific symptom affecting plants in response to infection by a pathogenic organism. It is simply a rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs. [Agrios, George …   Wikipedia

• Potato — Irish potato redirects here. For the confectionery, see Irish potato candy. For other uses, see Potato (disambiguation). Potato …   Wikipedia

• potato — /peuh tay toh, teuh/, n., pl. potatoes. 1. Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family. 2. the plant itself. 3. See sweet potato (defs. 1, 2). [1545 55; < Sp patata… …   Universalium

• potato fungus — noun fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers • Syn: ↑Pellicularia filamentosa, ↑Rhizoctinia solani • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Pellicularia, ↑genus Pellicularia …   Useful english dictionary

• Irish Potato Famine — (1845–49) Famine that occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed in successive years. By the early 1840s almost half the Irish population, particularly the rural poor, was depending almost entirely on the potato for nourishment. A reliance… …   Universalium

• early blight — noun : any of several blights of plants in which symptoms appear early in the season: as a. : a leaf spot especially of the potato and tomato that is caused by a fungus (Alternaria solani) compare late blight b. : a leaf spot of celery caused by… …   Useful english dictionary

• Collins Potato House — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

• Golden Wonder potato — Golden Wonder is a late maincrop russet skinned variety of potato and is reputed by some to have the best flavour of all potato varieties. It is very dry and floury and is ideal for baking, roasting, and frying.The potato was originally found in… …   Wikipedia