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dwarf bunt [1 record]

Record 1 2003-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
DEF

A bunt disease of wheat that causes dwarfing.

OBS

bunt: A destructive kernel smut of wheat ... characterized by replacement of the normal grains with ... smaller greasy masses of fishy smelling smut pores.

OBS

dwarf: Any of various diseases of plants characterized by ... reduced size of the plants.

OBS

dwarf bunt of wheat: term listed in the "Pesticide Glossary" component of Agriculture Canada's Pesticide Research Information System (PRIS, January 1984).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
OBS

[Dans] la carie du blé [...] les grains sont remplacés par des vésicules ventrues [...] Ces faux grains sont remplis d'une poussière noire de spores, à odeur de hareng putréfié.

Spanish

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