damping-off
a disease of seedlings, occurring either before or immediately after emerging from the soil, characterized by rotting of the stem at soil level and eventual collapse of the plant, caused by any of several soil fungi.
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How to use damping-off in a sentence
In this way much can be done to protect the plants from injury from such diseases as the damping-off fungus and mildew.
The Vegetable Garden | Anonymousdamping-off is a common ailment of young seedlings and cuttings.
The Nursery Book | Liberty Hyde BaileyAnother source of loss was in the damping-off of young plants.
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants | A. R. (Arthur Robert) Hardingdamping-off is less liable to occur in such material than in denser soils.
The Nursery Book | Liberty Hyde Bailey
British Dictionary definitions for damping off
any of various diseases of plants, esp the collapse and death of seedlings caused by the parasitic fungus Pythium debaryanum and related fungi in conditions of excessive moisture
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Scientific definitions for damping off
Any of various diseases of seedlings that are caused by oomycetes, especially of the genus Pythium, or by fungi, and result in wilting and death.
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