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Definition of Stinking smut

1. Noun. Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stinking Smut

Literary usage of Stinking smut

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat by Peter Tracy Dondlinger (1908)
"Loose Smut of Wheat differs from the stinking smut in these respects: At germination its spores develop a chain of cells instead of an undivided tube; ..."

2. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"BUNT, OR stinking smut OF WHEAT Tilletia ... KELLERMAN, WA Second Report on Fungicides for stinking smut of Wheat. Kan. Agl. Exp. Sta. ..."

3. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"BUNT, OR stinking smut OF WHEAT Tilletia fattens (B. & C.) Trel. ... KELLERMAN, WA Second Report on Fungicides for stinking smut of Wheat. Kan. ..."

4. The Cereals in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1908)
"stinking smut.—stinking smut is closely allied to the loose smut of wheat, in form and habit, although differing from it in the character and extent of its ..."

5. The Cereals in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1908)
"stinking smut—stinking smut is closely allied to the loose smut of wheat, in form and habit, although differing from it in the character and extent of its ..."

6. Minnesota Plant Diseases by Edward Monroe Freeman (1905)
"It is a destructive smut of wheat and differs in many ways from the stinking smut. It can be distinguished, botanically,' by the behavior of its spores ..."

7. Successful Farming; a Ready Reference on All Phases of Agriculture for by Frank Duane Gardner (1916)
"Jens.).—Very similar in appearance to the loose smut of wheat. Treatment.—Formaldehyde treatment same as for stinking smut of wheat. ..."

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