coffee blight
Noun: A plant disease, specifically a blight, that affects coffee plants (Coffea species). It typically causes withering, discoloration, and loss of leaves, which can severely damage or kill the plant and reduce coffee bean yields.
The term "coffee blight" is used specifically in agricultural, botanical, and economic contexts to describe a damaging plant disease impacting coffee crops. It is a technical term.
- Noun:
- The spread of coffee blight has devastated plantations across the region.
- Farmers are researching resistant varieties to combat coffee blight.
- An outbreak of coffee blight can lead to significant economic losses for coffee-producing countries.
- "to be stricken with coffee blight": to be severely affected by the disease.
- The entire hillside was stricken with coffee blight.
- "coffee blight resistance": the ability of a coffee plant to withstand the disease.
- Breeding programs focus on developing coffee blight resistance.
- Coffee rust (noun): Another major fungal disease of coffee plants, caused by . While distinct, it is often discussed in similar agricultural contexts as "coffee blight."
- Blight (noun): A general term for any plant disease that causes withering and death of parts without rotting.
- Coffee plant disease (general term)
- Coffee leaf blight (more specific variant)
"Blight" is a general agricultural term for diseases that cause rapid and extensive damage to plants. Therefore, "coffee blight" can refer to different specific pathogens (e.g., fungi, bacteria) that cause blight-like symptoms on coffee. It is not a single, universally defined disease but a category of diseases with similar effects on this specific crop.
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a blight affecting the coffee plant
