| 词汇 | potato-blight |
| 释义 | potato blight noun[ U ] uk /pəˈteɪ.təʊ ˌblaɪt/ us /pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊ ˌblaɪt/(alsopotato late blight, uk /pəˌteɪ.təʊ ˈleɪt ˌblaɪt/ us /pəˌteɪ.t̬oʊ ˈleɪt ˌblaɪt/) a disease that damages and kills potato plants: The wet summer means that potato farmers could be facing potato blight. The disastrous potato blight of the 1840s ruined the crop across Ireland, causing widespread starvation. The fungicide treatments were tested for their ability to protect potatoes against potato late blight. The wet and humid conditions resulted in the worst case since the 1940s of potato blight, a fungus that destroys harvests. Ireland was wracked by famine due to the potato blight and the subsequent collapse of the agrarian economy. Plant pathology anthracnose antifungal apple scab ash dieback auxin canker downy mildew dry rot Dutch elm disease etiolated excrescence fungicidal leaf rust leaf scorch leaf spot nodal organophosphate pesticide scald sterility |
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