Lexic.us

Definition of Blister rust

1. Noun. Any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally.

2. Noun. Fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blister Rust

blissfuller blissfully blissfulness blissfulnesses blissing blissless blissom blist blister blister agent

blister beetle blister beetle poisoning blister blight blister copper blister pack blister rust (current term) blistered blistering blistering agent blistering collodion

blisteringly blisterlike blisters blistery blit blite blites blithe blitheful blithely

Literary usage of Blister rust

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

1. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WHITE PINE blister rust WA McCUBBIN I. MODE OF INFECTION ON THE PINE Only indefinite references to the method of ..."

2. Seeding and Planting: A Manual for the Guidance of Forestry Students by James William Toumey (1916)
"blister rust. — Several species of blister rust infest various pines in the United States. They occur on the pine, however, in but one stage of their ..."

3. Bulletin of the National Research Council by National Research Council (U.S.) (1921)
"The work is conducted wherever the white pine blister rust occurs or is ... blister rust infection on Ribes is general in the New England States and ..."

4. A Text-book of Biology for Students in General, Medical and Technical Courses by William Martin Smallwood (1918)
"White-pine Blister Bust.1—The organism which causes the white-pine blister rust lives in one ... In about 1 The White-Pine blister rust, Perley Spaulding, ..."

5. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WHITE PINE blister rust WA McCUBBIN I. MODE OF INFECTION ON THE PINE Only indefinite references to the method of ..."

6. Seeding and Planting: A Manual for the Guidance of Forestry Students by James William Toumey (1916)
"blister rust. — Several species of blister rust infest various pines in the United States. They occur on the pine, however, in but one stage of their ..."

7. Bulletin of the National Research Council by National Research Council (U.S.) (1921)
"The work is conducted wherever the white pine blister rust occurs or is ... blister rust infection on Ribes is general in the New England States and ..."

8. A Text-book of Biology for Students in General, Medical and Technical Courses by William Martin Smallwood (1918)
"White-pine Blister Bust.1—The organism which causes the white-pine blister rust lives in one ... In about 1 The White-Pine blister rust, Perley Spaulding, ..."

9. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"REFERENCES Spaulding, P. The blister rust of white pine. US Dept. ... Spaulding, P. Foresters have a vital interest in the white-pine blister rust. Proc. ..."

10. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1913)
"COMPARISON OF WHITE PINE blister rust WITH CHESTNUT BLIGHT WITH ... In order to make clearer the possible methods of combating the white pine blister rust, ..."

11. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"REFERENCES Spaulding, P. The blister rust of white pine. US Dept. ... Spaulding, P. Foresters have a vital interest in the white-pine blister rust. Proc. ..."

12. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1913)
"COMPARISON OF WHITE PINE blister rust WITH CHESTNUT BLIGHT WITH ... In order to make clearer the possible methods of combating the white pine blister rust, ..."

13. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"A conference on the white-pine blister rust, called to discuss ways and means for ... Different states in which the citrus canker and pine blister rust are ..."

14. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"Field work on the white pine blister rust east of Ohio is organized under the general direction of Mr. Detwiler; west of and including Ohio, ..."

15. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"A conference on the white-pine blister rust, called to discuss ways and means for ... Different states in which the citrus canker and pine blister rust are ..."

16. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"Field work on the white pine blister rust east of Ohio is organized under the general direction of Mr. Detwiler; west of and including Ohio, ..."

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