Definition of Beet blight

1. Noun. A disease of beet plants.

Generic synonyms: Blight

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beet Blight

beesome
beest
beesting
beestings
beeswarm
beeswarms
beeswax
beeswaxed
beeswaxes
beeswaxing
beeswing
beeswings
beet
beet-tongue
beet armyworm
beet blight (current term)
beet green
beet radish
beet radishes
beet root
beet sugar
beeted
beeth
beeting
beetle
beetle-browed
beetle-crusher
beetle-headed
beetle bank
beetle banks

Literary usage of Beet blight

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

1. Agriculture for Schools of the Pacific Slope by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard, Winthrop John Van Leuven Osterhout (1910)
"Effect of beet blight; the beet is blackened inside in rings. beet blight or curly top. A peculiar disease of the sugar beet; the leaves are stunted and ..."

2. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"1892. 7 Cunningham, CA A bacterial disease of the sugar beet. Bot. Gaz. 28: 177- 192. 1899. • Schneider, A. The California beet blight. Spreckels Sugar Co. ..."

3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1906)
"SCHNEIDER is now giving his entire time to the investigation of the so-called California sugar beet blight, which has been the cause of great losses to ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1920)
"... in relation to sugar beet blight, while Messrs. ER de Ong and GA Coleman will continue their activities in their respective fields, ..."

5. Register by University of California, Berkeley, California, University (1909)
"Thesis: The beet blight. Roscoe Farrar Soils Mattoon. Illinois BS (University of Illinois) 1907. Thesis: A Study of the Root Systems of California Plants. ..."

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