plant disease

Noun
  1. A disease that affects plants (synset 114300438)
    is a type of: disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
    subtypes:
    • blight - any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
    • leaf disease - any plant disease localized in the foliage
    • rust - a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi
    • blackheart - any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken
    • black knot - disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches
    • black rot - a fungous disease causing darkening and decay of the leaves of fruits and vegetables
    • black spot - any of several fungous diseases of plants that produce small black spots on the plant
    • bottom rot - fungous disease of lettuce that first rots lower leaves and spreads upward
    • brown rot - any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues
    • gummosis - pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees
    • canker - a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
    • cotton ball - a fungus disease of cranberries
    • crown gall - a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground
    • crown wart - a fungous disease of alfalfa which forms white excrescences at the base of the stem
    • damping off - a plant disease caused by a fungus; diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisture
    • dieback - a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches
    • dry rot - a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus
    • heartrot - any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees)
    • mosaic - viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves
    • rhizoctinia disease - disease caused by rhizoctinia or fungi of Pellicularia and Corticium
    • pink disease - serious bark disease of many tropical crop trees (coffee, citrus, rubber); branches have a covering of pink hyphae
    • potato wart - fungous disease causing dark warty spongy excrescences in the eyes of potato tubers
    • root rot - disease characterized by root decay; caused by various fungi
    • scorch - a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues
    • sweet-potato ring rot - disease of sweet potatoes in which roots are girdled by rings of dry rot
    • sclerotium disease, sclerotium rot - plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium; also one in which sclerotia are formed
    • dutch elm disease - disease of elms caused by a fungus
    • ergot - a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
    • foot rot - plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base
    • pinkroot - a fungal disease of onions
    • wilt, wilt disease - any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots
    • smut - destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
    • soft rot - mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungi
    • yellow dwarf - any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves
    • yellow spot - any of several fungous or viral diseases characterized by yellow spotting on the leaves

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