Definition of Ring rot

1. Noun. Disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum.

Exact synonyms: Ring Disease, Tobacco Wilt
Generic synonyms: Brown Rot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ring Rot

ring of iris
ring of steel
ring of truth
ring off
ring off the hook
ring one's bell
ring out
ring ouzel
ring pessary
ring precipitin test
ring pull
ring pulls
ring road
ring roads
ring rot (current term)
ring rot bacteria
ring rot fungus
ring round
ring scotoma
ring snake
ring someone's bell
ring species
ring stand
ring stands
ring sting
ring syringe
ring system
ring test
ring the changes

Literary usage of Ring rot

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

1. Diseases of Truck Crops and Their Control by Jacob Joseph Taubenhaus (1918)
"ring rot Caused by Rhizopus nigricans Ehr. ring rot is a form of soft rot. The disease is prevalent as soft rot and is found in poorly ventilated houses. ..."

2. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"OB: Investigate environmental, ecological, and genetic parameters to control bacterial ring rot disease caused by Corynebacterium ..."

3. Forest Products, Their Manufacture and Use: Embracing the Principal by Nelson Courtlandt Brown (1919)
"Butt rot in center, including small ring rot, shall not exceed 10 per cent of the area of the butt. Butt rot of a character which impairs the strength of ..."

4. Forest Products, Their Manufacture and Use: Embracing the Principal by Nelson Courtlandt Brown (1919)
"Butt rot in center, including small ring rot, shall not exceed 10 per cent of the area of the butt. Butt rot of a character which impairs the strength of ..."

5. Pacific Northwest Agricultural Insect & Plant Disease Study Manual by Hugh W. Homan, Russell W. Clausen (1998)
"Chemical sprays are usually a copper compound and/or streptomycin if you do hot have a streptomycin-resistant strain. Potato ring rot is caused by the ..."

6. Rice Seed Health: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Rice Seed by International Rice Research Institute, United Nations Development Programme (1988)
"Erwinia is favored by warm temperatures (25-30 °C), poor aeration, soil flooding, washing of tubers, and high N fertilization. Bacterial ring rot caused by ..."

7. DNA Fingerprinting and Plants (Including Pathogens): Sponsored CRIS/ICAR by Andrew Kalinski (1994)
"2) Development of a second generation, nonradioactive probe for rapid, sensitive detection of the ring rot organism. AP: A high-copy-number repeated ..."

8. The Lumberman's Hand Book by Willliam B. Judson (1886)
"These consist of crooks, knots, punks, hollows, etc. Looking at both ends of the log he ascertains whether there is any hollow, or ring rot, and if the butt ..."

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