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Definition of Brown rot
1. Noun. Any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues.
Specialized synonyms: Brown Rot Gummosis, Gummosis, Ring Disease, Ring Rot, Tobacco Wilt
Definition of Brown rot
1. Noun. A fungal disease of stone fruit such as peaches and nectarines, caused by the fungus ''Monilinia fructicola '' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brown Rot
Literary usage of Brown rot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"Flagella in one or two groups, one-celled rods. Astasia. LH PAMMEL. brown rot of
Cruciferous Plants. — Erwin F. Smith, who has made an exhaustive and ..."
2. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"The brown rot of the lemon is a disease which has become very prominent in the
region of lemon production in ... The brown rot may be found in the orchard, ..."
3. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"But for the whole United States brown-rot and leaf-curl are the most important
... The pathogene causing brown-rot probably came from some foreign country. ..."
4. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"brown rot of Tomato, Egg Plant, and Potato (Bacillus solanacearum*).—A disease
which affects a number of solanaceous plants f and is somewhat similar to the ..."
5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1910)
"The largo cracks which occur in severe cases open the way for brown-rot, ...
Preventing the scab is therefore an important step in the control of brown-rot. ..."
6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Self-boiled lime-sulfur applied ая under Brown-Rot. YELLOWS.—A fatal disease.
Red spots in fruit. Tuft-like growth of new shoots and finally yellow foliage. ..."
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