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stem rot

noun

, Plant Pathology.
  1. a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by decay of the stem tissues.
  2. any disease so characterized.


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Growers have occasionally observed this "stem rot" but have never connected it with the disease on the leaves later in the season.

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