plant disease
Noun
Meaning
a disease that affects plants
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The standard plant disease resistance pathway consists of the FLS2 and Ef-Tu receptors.
Some of the dwarf cultivars such as 'Malayan dwarf' have shown some promising resistance to lethal yellowing, while other cultivars such as 'Jamaican tall' are highly affected by the same plant disease.
The field is deeply connected to plant disease epidemiology and the horticulture of species that are of high importance to the human diet or other uses.
The Irish potato famine of the 1840s was caused by a plant disease that reached the Highlands in 1846, where 150,000 people faced disaster because their food supply was largely potatoes (with a little herring, oatmeal and milk).