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SUNSCALD [3 records]

Record 1 2008-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Viticulture
CONT

Sun scald causes grape berry surfaces to become brown and possibly shriveled. These symptoms appear on the portions of the cluster exposed to direct sunlight.

CONT

... sunscald damage develops on exposed grapes causing them to ripen abnormally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Viticulture
DEF

Brûlure et assèchement des grappes par le soleil.

CONT

L'échaudage de la vigne, ou «grillage», atteint parfois les grappes de raisin au cours des journées très chaudes d'été. Les bois se flétrissent et se dessèchent sous l'action de la sécheresse et de l'insolation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Viticultura
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Record 2 2007-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
DEF

An injury of woody plants (as fruit or forest trees) characterized by localized death of the tissues and sometimes by cankers and caused when it occurs in the summer by the combined action of both the heat and light of the sun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

[Désordres] causés par une exposition excessive au soleil, par exemple, blessure localisée de l'écorce et du cambrien causée par un ensoleillement intensif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
DEF

Efecto producido por el exceso de luz sobre plantas que hayan crecido antes en condiciones de mayor sombra.

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Record 3 2001-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

Localized injury to bark and cambium, often resulting in wounds or cankers, caused by freezing following the unseasonable heating of the bark by the sun in winter; hence localized on the side of the stem exposed to the mid-day and afternoon sun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Blessure localisée de l'écorce et du cambium, pouvant provoquer des chancres, causée par le gel aussitôt après un ensoleillement excessif hors saison; localisée par conséquent le plus souvent sur la partie du tronc exposée au soleil de midi ou de l'après-midi.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
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