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Definition of Blister blight
1. Noun. A disease of Scotch pines.
2. Noun. A disease of tea plants.
Definition of Blister blight
1. Noun. An infection of tea plants, caused by the fungus ''Exobasidium vexans'', characterized by blister-like lesions on the leaves ¹
2. Noun. A similar disease of some pines caused by ''Cronartium asclepiadeum'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blister Blight
Literary usage of Blister blight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"It causes the " blister- blight," or " white rust," on the leaves and stems of
the shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) and often on the radish. ..."
2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North (1914)
"White Pine blister blight.—This European disease continues to give concern to
pathologists in this country. The Cronartium form on the currant, ..."
3. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The type most available for study is the blister blight ... The blister blight.
The blister blight (Albugo) grows on the shepherd's purse (Capsella) and not ..."
4. A Text-book of Plant Diseases Caused by Cryptogamic Parasites by George Massee (1899)
"blister blight OF TEA PLANT ment of India, says of the present parasite: ' One
of the very worst blights on tea is known to the planters as blister blight. ..."
5. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1915)
"blister blight of tea plant is due to Exobasidium vexans (Massee). This disease
is described by Dr. (now Sir ... Is known to the planters as blister blight. ..."
6. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1913)
"blister blight of tea plant is due to Exobasidium vexans (Massee). This disease
is described by Dr. (now Sir ... Is known to the planters as blister blight. ..."
7. Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence by Raoul A. Robinson (1996)
"For example, a major disease of tea in SE Asia is blister blight, caused by the
... But there is wide variation in the susceptibility to blister blight, ..."