| 释义 |
pasmo|ˈpæzməʊ|
[Amer. Sp., f. Sp. pasmo spasm.]
A disease of flax, first reported from the Argentine in 1911, caused by the fungus Mycosphaerella linorum, and distinguished by circular brown or yellowish lesions on the leaves and stems of the plants affected. Also attrib.
1926W. E. Brentzel in Jrnl. Agric. Res. XXXII. 25 (title) The pasmo disease of flax. Ibid., The disease of flax called ‘pasmo’ in South America..caused great injury to flax in Argentina. 1942N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. A. XXIV. 102 Pasmo disease of flax is of almost world-wide occurrence. 1946Nature 16 Nov. 723/1 The dreaded Pasmo disease was first described from the Argentine in 1911, reached Europe in 1936, and spread to five countries by 1942. 1958New Biol. XXVII. 21 A number of fungi responsible for causing diseases of flax are seed-borne. The principal parasites in this group and the diseases they cause are..Botrytis cinerea Fr. (grey mould),..and Sphaerella linorum Wollenw. (pasmo). 1974E. C. Stacey Peace Country Heritage ii. 121 They [sc. flax varieties] had been bred for resistance to pasmo and other diseases. |