Definition

Noun: A plant disease, specifically one that affects tomato plants, causing rapid wilting, browning, and death of the foliage and fruit.

Usage

"Tomato blight" is a mass noun used to refer to the disease condition itself. It is typically used in agricultural, gardening, and botanical contexts. - It is often modified by specific types, such as "early blight" or "late blight." - The term is commonly found in warnings, advice, and descriptions of plant health.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The entire crop was lost due to a severe case of tomato blight.
  • Gardeners should rotate their crops to help prevent tomato blight.
  • The telltale signs of tomato blight include dark spots on the leaves and stems.

Advanced Usage

• "to be stricken with blight": to be severely affected by the disease.
  • The field was stricken with blight after the period of heavy rain.
• "blight-resistant": describing plant varieties developed to withstand the disease.
  • Many modern tomato varieties are blight-resistant.

Variants and Related Words

• Blight (n): A general term for any plant disease that causes withering and death without rotting. "Tomato blight" is a specific type of blight.
• Early blight (n): A specific fungal disease of tomatoes caused by .
• Late blight (n): A devastating disease caused by the oomycete , infamous for causing the Irish Potato Famine.

Synonyms

• Plant disease: A general term for any pathological condition in plants.
• Wilt: A symptom of various diseases, including blights, where plants lose rigidity.

Related Phrases

• "fight blight": to take measures to combat the disease.
  • Farmers are using new organic methods to fight blight.
• "blight spreads": describes the progression of the disease.
  • Once blight spreads in a greenhouse, it can be very difficult to control.

Noun

1. a disease of tomato plants