Mycosphaerella
- proper noun
- Specialized
- "Sigatoka," the airborne disease caused by the fungus Mycosphaerella musicola Leach, had long been confined to the banana cultivations of the South Pacific.
Examples
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Mycosphaerella's route to the Americas remains a matter of conjecture and dispute, but the banana plantations of the isthmus were well-suited by nature and by design to its rapid propagation.
Academic text (2002) -
The fungus Mycosphaerella is known to cause leaf spot diseases in various crops.
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Researchers studied the effects of Mycosphaerella fungi on plant health and yield.
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Farmers in the region have struggled with diseases caused by Mycosphaerella species in their fields.
Synonyms
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A tiny living thing that causes disease in plants, for example making potatoes rot
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A group of fungi that make dark, dusty growth on cereal crops like wheat
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A type of fungus that causes serious diseases in crops and garden plants
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A fungus that attacks plant leaves and causes leaf spots
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A fungus that makes orange growths on cedar and juniper and causes rust on apple and pear trees
A group of fungi that cause disease in crop plants such as anthracnose
A group of fungi that cause powdery white growth on plant leaves
A fungus that causes downy mildew on plants and damages crops
A kind of fungus with round brown bodies that can cause root rot in plants
A type of fungus that makes tiny colorless spores and can cause disease in plants
A fungus that infects grasses and causes disease in cereal crops
Surface Forms
Morphology
Mycosphaerella = myco + sphaer + ella
A Latinized scientific name formed from Greek combining forms ('myco-' fungus + 'sphaer' sphere + diminutive '-ella'); these combining forms are not productive standalone English words, so the meaning is not predictable to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Mycosphaerella breaks into myco- ('fungus') and sphaerella ('small sphere'). So it means a 'small round fungus', a helpful image because these fungi often make tiny round spots or round bodies on leaves and cause plant disease.