Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.
Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.
The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc.
That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects.
Affecting a long list of different plant species, each in a slightly different manner, blight is a bacterial disease. The disease spreads rapidly in wet conditions, generally turning whole or parts of leaves brown and black. Highly contagious: if you suspect your plants are suffering from blight, trim off dead or dying plant material at least two inches below infected material, sterilizing your pruners between each cut.
An insect or fungus causing a sudden dying of shoots, foliage or blossoms; also the condition itself. ( BCFT).
A common term for several different diseases; usually applied to those where leaf damage is sudden and severe.[1] Fin. Swe.
a disease characterized by general and rapid killing of leaves, flowers and stems.
a state or condition being blighted
any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
a condition that kills plants
Rapid death of leaf, stem, or branch tissues. Picture: Dothistroma Needle Blight of pine
A disease that causes plants to wither and die without rotting.
Any sudden, severe, and extensive spotting, discoloration, or destruction of leaves, flowers, stems, or entire plants, usually attacking young, growing tissues. (In disease names, often coupled with the name of the affected part of the host; e.g., leaf blight, blossom blight, shoot blight).
A disease symptom that describes withering of above ground plant parts that usually progresses rapidly. Blight may be used for specific plant parts, for example leaf blight.
a disease or injury of plants resulting in withering, stopping of growth, and death of parts without rotting
A fungal disease that causes wilting and eventually death, tomotoes and potatoes are particularly susceptible, usually brought on by damp conditions
A general term used to describe symptoms of plant disease that may include sudden wilting or death of leaves, flowers, stems or entire plants. The most common blight of golf course turfs is Pythium.
A disease or injury that results in rapid discoloration, withering, cessation of growth, and death of parts without rotting.
General and rapid browning of leaves, branches, and floral organs, resulting in rapid death of the host.
A disease characterized by rapid and extensive death of plant foliage. A general term applied to any of a wide range of unrelated plant diseases. (e.g., chestnut blight, fireblight, late blight, halo blight) () ( 16)
Blight refers to a specific symptom that can be expressed by plants in response to infection by a plant pathogenic organism. It is simply a rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs.Agrios, George N. Plant Pathology. 5th ed.