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anthracnose

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an·thrac·nose  (n-thrkns)
n.
Any of several diseases of plants caused by certain fungi and characterized by dead spots on the leaves, twigs, or fruits.

[French : Greek anthrax, anthrak-, carbuncle + Greek nosos, disease.]


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Iowa State Soybean Extension agronomist Palle Pedersen was one of many who sounded a renewed alert on commonly occurring fungal diseases, such as pythium, phytophthora, anthracnose and brown stem rot.
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Anthracnose, the deadly fungus that has killed wild dogwoods, has affected 70 percent of Mammoth Cave National Park in south-central Kentucky, according to the Associated Press.
 
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