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Definition of Damping off
1. Noun. A plant disease caused by a fungus; diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisture.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Damping Off
Literary usage of Damping off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"damping off. PROFESSOR ATKINSON, in Bulletin No. 94 of the Cornell Station,
reports at length upon a study of microscopic fungi that work upon seedling ..."
2. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"DAMPING-OFF Caused by various species of fungi The damping-off diseases have
commanded serious attention from all persons who have attempted to grow ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Damping-off is one of the most trying experiences of the beginner, and nothing can
... The terms Damping-off and Burning are also used for ruined flowers. ..."
4. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"It is very common in greenhouse and garden soil both in Europe and America, and
it is a cause of one of the various greenhouse maladies known as damping-off ..."
5. Seeding and Planting: A Manual for the Guidance of Forestry Students by James William Toumey (1916)
"DAMPING-OFF. — Damping-off is a general term applied to the destruction of young
plants by parasitic fungi immediately after germination. ..."
6. The Sugar-beet in America by Franklin Stewart Harris (1919)
"Damping-off. The damping-off of seedlings near the surface of the ground when they
... The conditions which favor damping-off are heat, abundant moisture, ..."
7. Agricultural Botany, Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1913)
"Damping-off.' SYMPTOMS.—When certain kinds of seeds are sown thickly and kept
very moist the young plants, especially in shaded places, turn yellow, ..."
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