club root

British  

noun

1. a disease of cabbages and related plants, caused by the fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which the roots become thickened and distorted

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Example Sentences

The root systems of wilted plants did not show the presence of club root or black rot infection.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association

The roots of young plants are sometimes attacked by a maggot, though there is no club root present.

From Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop by Gregory, James John Howard

Cabbages cannot be grown again on this particular piece of land for from four to six years on account of club root.

From The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know by Hunt, Thomas Forsyth

So serious is the club root condition that the only safe thing to do is to pull up and completely destroy the diseased plants.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy