kromnek diseasen.
/ˈkrɒmnɛk dᵻˌziːz/, U.S. /ˈkrɑmˌnɛk dəˌziz/, South African English /ˈkrɒmnek dəˌziːz/ South African.
A local name for the spotted wilt virus disease of tomato; also, a similar disease of tobacco.
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spotted wilt1919
streak disease1923
streak1930
streak virus1930
kromnek disease1932
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1932 Grocott's Daily Mail (Grahamstown, 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.
1933 E. 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.
1933 E. S. Moore in Sci. Bull. Dept. Agric. Union S. Afr. No. 123. 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.
1941 Nature 19 Apr. 480/2 Control of the Kromnek (Spotted Wilt) Disease of Tomatoes.
1957 K. M. Smith Textbk. Plant Virus Dis. (ed. 2) 572 Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus... Synonyms: T.S.W. Virus; Kromnek or Kat River Disease Virus.
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