late blight

Noun

Meaning

blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

potato blight

Hypernyms

blight

Hyponyms

celery blight

Examples

Another GM potato variety developed by BASF is 'Fortuna' which was made resistant to late blight by adding two resistance genes, blb1 and blb2, which originate from the Mexican wild potato Solanum bulbocastanum. Source: Internet

In de Bary’s time, potato late blight had caused sweeping crop devastation and economic loss. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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