Stewart's disease
noun
Stew·art's disease
ˈst(y)üə(r)ts-
: a disease especially of sweet corn that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Erwinia (E. stewartii) transmitted over the winter by the corn flea beetle and that is characterized by wilting, stunting, leaf necrosis, and premature death of affected plants
Word History
Etymology
after Fred Carlton Stewart †1946 American plant pathologist
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