Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of parasitic fungi closely allied to the genus Peronospora, from which it differs by the spores being lateral instead of terminal.
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- noun Any of many
parasitic fungi , of the genus Phytophthora, that cause brown rot in plants.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants
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Examples
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The disaster resulted from the fungus called phytophthora infestans, also known as potato blight, that totally ravaged the potato crop 1846 to 1852, and the indifference of the British government.
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In 2009, the same fungal pathogen known as phytophthora infestans was recorded from New York to Wisconsin, wiping out many home garden tomato crops.
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And she says all 500 stands of the tree - produced from one original plant - are under threat from the deadly root rot disease phytophthora, which is spreading rapidly through grass plains surrounding its habitat.
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Other members of Congress from Georgia in either party earlier this year requested earmarks for projects such as a $330,000 renovation of a historic train car repair shop in Savannah; $200,000-plus to study ways to improve Georgia's blueberry production; and $178,000 to study a disease called phytophthora that affects cucumbers and squash.
ajc.com - News 2009
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And she says all 500 stands of the tree - produced from one original plant - are under threat from the deadly root rot disease phytophthora, which is spreading rapidly through grass plains surrounding its habitat.
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Another spate of rain about two weeks before Irene caused outbreaks of the phytophthora fungus —a type of water mold — in many fields, said Jim Stakey, owner of Stakey's Pumpkin Farm in Aquebogue, on New York's Long Island.
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They had also looked into infecting potatoes with phytophthora infestans, or potato blight—the disease that brought on famine in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century.
Human Smoke Nicholson Baker 2008
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Another spate of rain about two weeks before Irene caused outbreaks of the phytophthora fungus -a type of water mold - in many fields, said Jim Stakey, owner of Stakey's Pumpkin Farm in Aquebogue, on New York's Long Island.
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The cypress aphid that turns green conifer hedges to patchy brown features frequently, as does phytophthora, particularly on yew hedges.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Another spate of rain about two weeks before Irene caused outbreaks of the phytophthora fungus -a type of water mold - in many fields, said Jim Stakey, owner of Stakey's Pumpkin Farm in Aquebogue, on New York's Long Island.
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