plant disease

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plant disease - a disease that affects plants disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioningblight - any plant disease resulting in withering without rottingleaf disease - any plant disease localized in the foliagerust - a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungiblackheart - any of various diseases in which the central tissues blackenblack knot - disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branchesblack rot - a fungous disease causing darkening and decay of the leaves of fruits and vegetablesblack spot - any of several fungous diseases of plants that produce small black spots on the plantbottom rot - fungous disease of lettuce that first rots lower leaves and spreads upwardbrown rot - any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissuesgummosis - pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit treescanker - a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the barkcotton ball - a fungus disease of cranberriescrown gall - a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the groundcrown wart - a fungous disease of alfalfa which forms white excrescences at the base of the stemdamping off - a plant disease caused by a fungus; diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisturedieback - a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branchesdry rot - a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungusheartrot - any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees)mosaic - viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leavesrhizoctinia disease - disease caused by rhizoctinia or fungi of Pellicularia and Corticiumpink disease - serious bark disease of many tropical crop trees (coffee, citrus, rubber); branches have a covering of pink hyphaepotato wart - fungous disease causing dark warty spongy excrescences in the eyes of potato tubersroot rot - disease characterized by root decay; caused by various fungiscorch - a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissuessweet-potato ring rot - disease of sweet potatoes in which roots are girdled by rings of dry rotsclerotium disease, sclerotium rot - plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium; also one in which sclerotia are formedDutch elm disease - disease of elms caused by a fungusergot - a plant disease caused by the ergot fungusfoot rot - plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the basepinkroot - a fungal disease of onionswilt, wilt disease - any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the rootssmut - destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of sporessoft rot - mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungiyellow dwarf - any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leavesyellow spot - any of several fungous or viral diseases characterized by yellow spotting on the leaves