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kromnek disease S. Afr.|ˈkrɒmnɛk|
[Afrikaans, f. Du. krom crooked + nek neck.]
A local name for the spotted wilt virus disease of tomato; also, a similar disease of tobacco.
1932Grocott's Mail (S. Afr.) 2 Apr. 4 ‘Kromnek’ or Kat River Wilt of tobacco is a disease which is not known anywhere in the world outside the Cape Province. 1933E. S. Moore in Sci. Bull. Dept. Agric. Union S. Afr. No. 123. 1 The disease known locally as ‘Kromnek’ or ‘Kat River Wilt’ is by far the most serious of the diseases of tobacco in the Stockviström division. Ibid. 15 The evidence indicated not only that the tomato disease is of virus nature but that probably it is caused by the same virus which is responsible for the tobacco kromnek. 1941Nature 19 Apr. 480/2 Control of the Kromnek (Spotted Wilt) Disease of Tomatoes. 1957K. M. Smith Textbk. Plant Virus Dis. (ed. 2) 572 Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus... Synonyms: T.S.W. Virus; Kromnek or Kat River Disease Virus. |