sclerotium rot

9.3

A plant disease caused by a fungus that forms hard, dark lumps on roots or stems

noun
/ˈsklɛrəˌtiəm rɑt/

Specialized

: putrefacción por esclerocio

Farmers took extra precautions after a recent outbreak of sclerotium rot devastated the tomato fields.

Examples

The laboratory confirmed that the symptoms on the potatoes were caused by sclerotium rot.
Sclerotium rolfsii is a common pathogen responsible for sclerotium rot in a wide variety of crops.
The farmer discovered sclerotium rot affecting his crops.
Have you heard about sclerotium rot in plants?
Farmers took extra precautions after a recent outbreak of sclerotium rot devastated the tomato fields.
Sclerotium rolfsii is a common pathogen responsible for sclerotium rot in a wide variety of crops.
The laboratory confirmed that the symptoms on the potatoes were caused by sclerotium rot.

Synonyms

sclerotium disease

vssclerotium rot

Specialized

7.5

A plant disease caused by a fungus that makes hard white lumps on stems and roots

is the same concept but uses a different common label

Surface Forms

sclerotium rot singular

sclerotium rots plural

Morphology

Sclerotium + rot

The meaning is directly compositional: 'Sclerotium' names a genus of fungi and 'rot' denotes breakdown/disease, so 'sclerotium rot' straightforwardly means rot/disease caused by Sclerotium fungi. This follows common noun-noun disease-naming patterns cross-linguistically, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Sclerotium rot gets its name from the hard, seed-like parts fungi make called sclerotia and from rot, meaning decay. Those hard bits help the fungus survive in soil and later make the plants 'rot', so the name explains a disease where fungi form tough bodies and the crop decays.