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black rot

Any of several fungal or bacterial plant diseases resulting in dark brown to black discoloration and decay of affected plant parts.

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black rot

(Plant Pathology) any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)

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black′ rot′

any of various fungal or bacterial diseases of plants characterized by black discoloration and decay.

[1840–50, Amer.]

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black rot - a fungous disease causing darkening and decay of the leaves of fruits and vegetables

plant disease - a disease that affects plants

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The diseased rhizomes exhibited visual symptoms of white rot, pink rot and black rot. Mandal (1981) reported rhizome rot of turmeric caused by F moniliforme and F solani.

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The plants were affected by heavy rains and hailstorms before being attacked by black rot caused by fungus, he said.

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It is quite gruesome in places as it deals with the circumstances of how the ghosts died but it is also very funny and full of wonderful details about the Victorian preoccupation with death and mourning as well as the mystery of the 'Black Rot'.

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Specifically, the diseases of oranges (Citrus sinensis) include green-rot by Penicillium digitatum, blue-rot by Penicillium italicum especially at refrigeration temperatures, sour-rot by Geotrichum citri-aurantii, anthracnose by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, stem-end rots by Diplodia natalensis and Phomopsis citri, and stem-end black rot by Alternaria citri (ISMAIL; ZHANG 2004).

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Potatoes, other root rot crops, some ornamentals Black rot of Physalospora Apples, crabapples apple obtusa Black rot of Xanthomonas Radish, mustard, crucifers campestris cauliflower Crown gall Agrobacterium Hundreds of woody tumefaciens and herbaceous plants Fireblight Erwinia amylovora Ornamentals and fruit in the Rose family Leaf blight of Erwinia carotovora, African violet, iris African Erwinia violet chrysanthemi NAME CONDITION/REMEDY Bacterial Water-soaked leaf spots, blight stem rot, sudden wilt, and collapse of tissue.