Definition of Black rot

1. Noun. A fungous disease causing darkening and decay of the leaves of fruits and vegetables.

Generic synonyms: Plant Disease

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Rot

black puddings
black racer
black rain
black raspberry
black rat
black rat snake
black rats
black redstart
black redstarts
black rhinoceros
black rhinoceroses
black rhinocerotes
black rockweed
black root
black root rot fungus
black rot (current term)
black rudderfish
black sage
black sally
black salsify
black salts
black saltwort
black sanctis
black sanctus
black sanctuses
black santis
black santos
black scabbardfish
black shale

Literary usage of Black rot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"Report on Experiments made in 1888 in the Treatment of the Downy Mildew and Black Rot of the Grape Vine. US Dept. Agl. Bot. Div. Built. 10: 1-61. 1889. ..."

2. The Microscope: An Illustrated Monthly Designed to Popularize the Subject of (1892)
"... US Agriculture reports and I soon found it in the report of 1883 described on page 339 as the black rot of the tomato and figured in a colored plate, ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"DOWNY MILDEW, or LEAF-BLIGHT (Plasmopara vitícola).—White frost-like patches on under side of the leaf. Control.—Same as Black-Rot. Grapefruit. ..."

4. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"From these facts it is clear that the pedigree of a variety is an essential indication of the probable susceptibility to disease. BLACK-ROT Caused by ..."

5. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"The black rot of Cabbage and Allied Plants (Bacillus cam- pest ris).—The chief diagnostic character of this disease is the blackening of the fibrovascular ..."

6. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"The failure of black-rot-infected plants в more pronounced during the cool, moist weather than ... The best remedy for black-rot is the use of Blip- seed. ..."

7. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"Report on Experiments made in 1888 in the Treatment of the Downy Mildew and Black Rot of the Grape Vine. US Dept. Agl. Bot. Div. Built. 10: 1-61. 1889. ..."

8. The Microscope: An Illustrated Monthly Designed to Popularize the Subject of (1892)
"... US Agriculture reports and I soon found it in the report of 1883 described on page 339 as the black rot of the tomato and figured in a colored plate, ..."

9. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"DOWNY MILDEW, or LEAF-BLIGHT (Plasmopara vitícola).—White frost-like patches on under side of the leaf. Control.—Same as Black-Rot. Grapefruit. ..."

10. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"From these facts it is clear that the pedigree of a variety is an essential indication of the probable susceptibility to disease. BLACK-ROT Caused by ..."

11. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"The black rot of Cabbage and Allied Plants (Bacillus cam- pest ris).—The chief diagnostic character of this disease is the blackening of the fibrovascular ..."

12. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"The failure of black-rot-infected plants в more pronounced during the cool, moist weather than ... The best remedy for black-rot is the use of Blip- seed. ..."

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