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late blight
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late blight [′lāt ¦blīt]
(plant pathology)
A fungus blight disease in which symptoms do not appear until late in the growing season and vary for different species.
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Phytophthora infestans, also known as "late blight", continues to wipe out crops worth billions of pounds every year.
Spud blight DNA found; FAMINE by The Mirror (London, England)
With insidious effect, Phytophthora infestans would take a healthy field of potatoes and within a few days transform the precious harvest into a stinking black mass.
Save Our Spuds: Scientists answer call on potato blight by AFP / AFP Global Edition
A wide-ranging pathogen, Phytophthora infestans by name, killed our plants.
Factors were right for blight by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
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