| 单词 | late blight |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslate blight late blight n. a disease of potatoes, tomatoes, and other plants of the family Solanaceae caused by a parasitic fungoid microorganism (oomycete), Phytophthora infestans, that attacks leaves, fruits, and tubers, causing them to rot. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > potatoes potato blight1845 potato disease1845 potato murrain1845 potato rot1845 potato curl1887 late blight1893 black scab1908 wart disease1915 black wart1950 1893 L. R. Jones in 6th Ann. Rep. Vermont State Agric. Exper. Station 1892 68 We have found the terms ‘early blight’ and ‘late blight’ very helpful. It would be better if we could re-name these diseases to apply the name ‘potato-mildew’ to the Phytophthora disease, and the name ‘leaf-spot disease’ to the Macrosporium. 1933 F. D. Heald Man. Plant Dis. (ed. 2) xvi. 419 The late-blight attacks and kills the tops of the potato plant and invades the tubers, causing either a dry or a wet rot. 2006 Metro 24 Aug. (London ed.) 21/1 Genetically modified potatoes..could help destroy the fungal disease ‘late blight,’ which caused the Irish potato famine of the 1800s. < as lemmas |
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