| 单词 | potato fungus |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspotato fungus potato fungus n. a parasitic fungus, Phytophthora infestans, which attacks the leaves, stems, and tubers of potato-plants, causing potato blight. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > harmful or parasitic fungi > [noun] > causing disease in plants > potato fungus potato fungus1857 Phytophthora1925 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §637 The common mould of paste,..the green mould of cheese... The Potato-fungus. 1888 Athenæum 28 Jan. 119/1 Preparations showing the entrance of the potato fungus into the host-plant. 1979 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 39 323 Such a crisis occurred in 1846–1850 when the harvests of potatoes, the staple food of most smallholders, failed in the wake of an epidemic of potato fungus. 2003 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 28 Feb. f1 OMYA uses the same agricultural pesticides that are employed to control potato fungus and preserve oranges. < as lemmas |
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