crop blight
Harvest-destroying plant disease
Crop blight is a plant disease that causes rapid, widespread damage to agricultural crops, typically killing leaves, stems, or entire plants.
The term covers various fungal, bacterial, and environmental conditions that devastate harvests: The potato blight caused the Irish famine.
Blight can strike suddenly and spread quickly through fields, making it one of farming's most feared disasters.
- fungusSpore-bearing organism
- plant diseaseIllness affecting vegetation
- late blightPlant disease rotting tubers
- wiltingLosing turgor and drooping
- famineSevere food shortage
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