Definition of plant disease Plant disease
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| plant disease - a disease that affects plants | ||
| disease an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | ||
| blight any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting | ||
| leaf disease any plant disease localized in the foliage | ||
| rust any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants | ||
| blackheart heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry | ||
| black knot disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches | ||
| black rot a fungous disease causing darkening and decay of the leaves of fruits and vegetables | ||
| black spot any of several fungous diseases of plants that produce small black spots on the plant | ||
| bottom rot fungous disease of lettuce that first rots lower leaves and spreads upward | ||
| brown rot any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues | ||
| gummosis pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees | ||
| canker an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth) | ||
| cotton ball a fungus disease of cranberries | ||
| crown gall a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground | ||
| crown wart a fungous disease of alfalfa which forms white excrescences at the base of the stem | ||
| damping off a plant disease caused by a fungus; diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisture | ||
| dieback a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches | ||
| dry rot a fungus causing dry rot | ||
| heartrot any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees) | ||
| mosaic art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass | ||
| rhizoctinia disease disease caused by rhizoctinia or fungi of Pellicularia and Corticium | ||
| pink disease serious bark disease of many tropical crop trees (coffee, citrus, rubber); branches have a covering of pink hyphae | ||
| potato wart fungous disease causing dark warty spongy excrescences in the eyes of potato tubers | ||
| root rot disease characterized by root decay; caused by various fungi | ||
| scorch a discoloration caused by heat | ||
| sweet-potato ring rot disease of sweet potatoes in which roots are girdled by rings of dry rot | ||
| sclerotium disease, sclerotium rot plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium; also one in which sclerotia are formed | ||
| dutch elm disease disease of elms caused by a fungus | ||
| ergot a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid | ||
| foot rot contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep) | ||
| pinkroot a fungal disease of onions | ||
| wilt disease, wilt causing to become limp or drooping | ||
| smut any fungus of the order Ustilaginales | ||
| soft rot mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungi | ||
| yellow dwarf any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves | ||
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plant disease
A disease that affects plants.
