brown root

brown root

[′brau̇n ‚rüt]

(plant pathology)

A fungus disease of numerous tropical plants, such as coconut and rubber, caused by Hymenochaete noxia and characterized by defoliation and by incrustation of the roots with earth and stones held together by brown mycelia.

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