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sclerotium disease

sclerotium disease

7.5
A plant disease caused by a fungus that makes hard white lumps on stems and roots
  • noun
  • /ˈsklɛrəˌtiəm dɪˈziːz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : enfermedad del esclerocio
  • Symptoms of sclerotium disease often include the appearance of hard, white fungal masses on plant stems.

Examples

  • The wheat crop suffered extensive damage due to sclerotium disease during the rainy season.

  • Farmers use fungicides to prevent sclerotium disease from spreading in their vegetable fields.

  • Farmers are concerned about sclerotium disease affecting their crops.

  • The sclerotium disease has spread rapidly this season.

  • Farmers use fungicides to prevent sclerotium disease from spreading in their vegetable fields.

  • Symptoms of sclerotium disease often include the appearance of hard, white fungal masses on plant stems.

  • The wheat crop suffered extensive damage due to sclerotium disease during the rainy season.

Synonyms

plant disease
vssclerotium disease
  • Specialized
1 2.3

A sickness that harms plants, often caused by fungi, bacteria, or viruses

refers specifically to a fungal disease forming sclerotia
sclerotium rot
vssclerotium disease
  • Specialized
9.3

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

is the same fungal disease but named using a different label

Surface Forms

sclerotium disease singular
sclerotium diseases plural

Morphology

Sclerotium + disease

The phrase is fully compositional: it names a disease caused by the fungus genus Sclerotium, so combining the known lexical items 'Sclerotium' (a fungal taxon) and 'disease' yields the intended meaning. Naming diseases after their causative organisms is a common, predictable pattern cross-linguistically, so a learner who already knows both constituents would understand it.

Etymology

Sclerotium disease gets its name from the hard, stone-like lumps that the fungus makes on plants, called sclerotia. These tough lumps help the fungus survive and spread, so the name came to mean 'a plant disease caused by fungi that form hard, lasting lumps'.