| 单词 | swollen shoot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswollen shoot swollen shoot n. a virus disease of cocoa trees, spread by mealy bugs and distinguished by swelling of the young shoots, leading to the death of infected trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > viral diseases > associated with food or crop plants yellow rust1808 leaf curl1850 peach yellows1880 tobacco mosaic virus1914 cucumber mosaic1916 reversion1918 plum pox1933 bushy stunt1936 swollen shoot1936 tobacco streak1936 sharka1961 1936 W. F. Steven in Gold Coast Farmer V. 144/1 A new disease of cocoa..has provisionally been named ‘Swollen Shoot and Die-back’. 1950 Times 2 Feb. 9/2 We shall test our proposed method for the prevention of swollen shoot disease of cocoa in the Gold Coast, using systemic insecticides. 1972 P. F. Entwistle Pests of Cocoa x. 170 At the time of discovery of swollen shoot disease planting in the Eastern Region was still expanding. < as lemmas |
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