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tomato streak

tomato streak

8.2
A plant disease that makes tomato and other crops have pale lines on leaves and reduces how much they produce
  • noun
  • /təˈmeɪtoʊ strik/
  • Specialized
translation icon : raya del tomate
  • Proper crop rotation can help prevent the spread of tomato streak among susceptible plants.

Examples

  • Some tomato plants showed signs of tomato streak after a prolonged period of rain.

  • Agricultural scientists are studying how tomato streak affects crop yields in different climates.

  • The tomato streak has devastated many local farms.

  • What causes tomato streak in plants?

  • Agricultural scientists are studying how tomato streak affects crop yields in different climates.

  • Proper crop rotation can help prevent the spread of tomato streak among susceptible plants.

  • Some tomato plants showed signs of tomato streak after a prolonged period of rain.

Synonyms

mosaic
vstomato streak
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A plant disease that makes leaves show yellow and green patches

is a specific mixed infection causing linear marks rather than a general mottling disease

Antonyms

healthy
695 1.0

In good body and mind condition without sickness or injury

Surface Forms

tomato streak singular
tomato streaks plural

Morphology

tomato + streak

The basic sense — a streak or streaking affecting tomatoes — is directly derivable from combining 'tomato' and 'streak', so learners will infer a mark or discoloration on tomato plants. However, that this phrase specifically denotes a named plant disease caused by viral mixed infection (a technical/medical sense) is not fully predictable from the constituents, so the full disease implication may require prior exposure.

Etymology

Tomato streak is named for the long pale lines, or streaks, that appear on tomato leaves and fruit when certain viruses infect the plant. That's why the name now refers to the 'disease' that makes those marks.