potato disease
Definition
Noun: - A plant disease affecting potatoes: Specifically refers to a blight or other pathological condition that damages potato plants, typically impacting the foliage, stems, or tubers and leading to crop loss.
Usage
- The term is used to describe any of several diseases that infect potato crops, with late blight () being a historically significant and common example.
- It is primarily used in agricultural, botanical, and historical contexts.
Examples
- Noun:
- The Great Famine in Ireland was triggered by a devastating potato disease.
- Farmers are rotating crops to reduce the risk of potato disease.
- Scientists are developing resistant potato varieties to combat this potato disease.
Advanced Usage
- "to be resistant to potato disease": Describes a potato variety that is not easily affected by the blight.
- This new cultivar is highly resistant to potato disease.
Variants and Related Words
- Potato blight (n): A more specific term, often synonymous with late blight, the most infamous potato disease.
- The spread of potato blight can be rapid in wet weather.
- Late blight (n): The specific disease caused by .
- Early blight (n): Another common fungal disease of potatoes caused by .
Synonyms
- Blight (n): A general term for a plant disease, especially one causing withering without rotting.
- Crop disease (n): A broader term for any disease affecting cultivated plants.
Related Phrases
- "fight against potato disease": The effort to control or eradicate the disease.
- The fight against potato disease requires integrated pest management.
- "outbreak of potato disease": A sudden, widespread occurrence of the disease.
- An outbreak of potato disease threatened the local harvest.
Noun
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a blight of potatoes
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