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stripe blight

stripe blight

8.7
A disease of oat plants that makes yellow or brown stripes on leaves
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : mancha de rayas
  • Symptoms of stripe blight include yellow or brown striped lesions on the leaves.

Examples

  • The farmer lost a large portion of his oat crop to stripe blight last year.

  • Researchers are working on resistant varieties to combat stripe blight in oats.

  • Farmers are worried about stripe blight affecting their oat crops.

  • The stripe blight outbreak was reported in several fields this year.

  • Symptoms of stripe blight include yellow or brown striped lesions on the leaves.

  • Researchers are working on resistant varieties to combat stripe blight in oats.

  • The farmer lost a large portion of his oat crop to stripe blight last year.

Synonyms

blight
vsstripe blight
  • Specialized
7 7.3

A plant disease that makes leaves and stems die without rotting

is a specific fungal disease that makes striped lesions on oat leaves

Surface Forms

stripe blight singular
stripe blights plural

Morphology

stripe + blight

The compound is directly compositional: 'stripe' specifies the striped appearance and 'blight' denotes a plant disease, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it is a disease characterized by stripes on plants. This descriptive noun+noun naming pattern is common in English and other languages, making the meaning predictable for B1 learners.

Etymology

Stripe blight comes from how the sick plants look: stripe points to the long, dark lines on the leaves and blight means a plant 'disease' often caused by a fungus. So when oat leaves show those striped marks, the problem is called stripe blight, which ties the name to the striped leaf damage.