Definition of Ring disease

1. Noun. Disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum.

Exact synonyms: Ring Rot, Tobacco Wilt
Generic synonyms: Brown Rot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ring Disease

ring a bell
ring abscess
ring armor
ring armour
ring around
ring back
ring binder
ring binders
ring blackbird
ring cadence
ring chromosome
ring chromosomes
ring compound
ring containment
ring dance
ring disease (current term)
ring dove
ring enhancement
ring false
ring field
ring finger
ring fingers
ring game
ring games
ring girl
ring hollow
ring in
ring leader
ring lesions in brain
ring ligament

Literary usage of Ring disease

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

1. Bacteria in Relation to Plant Diseases by Erwin Frink Smith (1914)
"THE MYSORE ring disease. In 1909, Leslie C. Coleman published a short paper on a "ring disease" of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum), of which the following is ..."

2. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"THE ring disease OF HYACINTH BULBS. This disease is very serious for growers of hyacinth bulbs. It manifests itself by the browning and loosening up of a ..."

3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"Dull- ring's disease : Dermatitis herpetiformis. Dupuytren's disease : Retraction of the palmar aponeurosis. Erb's palsy : Paralysis of the roots of the ..."

4. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"NOWELL, W. The red ring disease of coco-nut palms. West Indian Bull. 18: 73- 76. 1920.—A more complete report is given on infection experiments carried out ..."

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