Definition of Soft rot

1. Noun. Mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungi.

Generic synonyms: Plant Disease
Specialized synonyms: Leak

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soft Rot

soft parts
soft pedal
soft pedals
soft photon
soft point
soft power
soft pretzel
soft pulse
soft rays
soft redirect
soft redirects
soft rock
soft roe
soft roll
soft rot (current term)
soft rush
soft sawder
soft scale
soft sell
soft serve
soft shield fern
soft shoe
soft shoulder
soft shoulders
soft skill
soft skills
soft soap
soft soaped
soft soaping

Literary usage of Soft rot

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

1. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"It seems safe to say that it is the chief producer of that type of disease known as soft rot in vegetables.1 1 Through the kindness of Mr. II. ..."

2. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"It seems safe to say that it is the chief producer of that type of disease known as soft rot in vegetables.1 1 Through the kindness of Mr. II. ..."

3. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"It seems safe to say that it is the chief producer of that type of disease known as soft rot in vegetables.1 1 Through the kindness of Mr. HA Harding, ..."

4. An Introduction to Bacterial Diseases of Plants by Erwin Frink Smith (1920)
"Furthermore, several other very closely related if not exactly identical soft-rot organisms have been discovered, described and named. ..."

5. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"A soft rot of the sugar beet, occurring in Nebraska, has been described by Metcalf and Hedgcock.* SYMPTOMS.—Beets affected with the rot show the lower half ..."

6. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"A soft rot of the sugar beet, occurring in Nebraska, has been described by Metcalf and Hedgcock.* SYMPTOMS.—Beets affected with the rot show the lower half ..."

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