fungal disease

collocation in English

meaningsoffungalanddisease

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fungal
adjective
uk
/ˈfʌŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈfʌŋ.ɡəl/
caused by ...
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disease
noun
uk
/dɪˈziːz/us
/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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(Definition offungalanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Several lines of evidence have substantiated the biotechnological potential of chitinases to counter plantfungaldisease.
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He postulates that resistance tofungaldiseasewas a powerful selective mechanism for endothermy.
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The remaining adopters experienced very poor establishment or a problem they considered to be afungaldisease.
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Thisfungaldiseaseestablished itself in many of our main crayfish rivers some years ago.
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The plants are susceptible to fusarium wilt, afungaldisease.
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Neck rot is afungaldiseaseaffecting onions in storage.
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It is also at risk from thefungaldiseasechytridiomycosis.
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It is also threatened by thefungaldiseasechytridiomycosis.
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They have also been affected by thefungaldiseaseknown as crayfish plague, which can be carried by signal crayfish.
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It is threatened by habitat loss and thefungaldiseasechytridiomycosis.
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The name "mycosis fungoides" is very misleadingit loosely means mushroom-likefungaldisease.
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Specifically, it is prolonged neutropenia that predisposes humans and animals to thisfungaldisease.
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The vine ripens late, producing good yields with high resistance tofungaldiseaseand rot.
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The first was mildew, anotherfungaldisease, and the second was phylloxera.
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Thefungaldiseasechytridiomycosis has also had a dramatic effect on the population.
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The creature infects the man's new dog with a luminousfungaldisease.
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The spread of the virulentfungaldiseasechytridiomycosis represents an enigma.
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In particular, the presence of pests and diseases (for example, weeds, damaging insects orfungaldisease), or unfavourable conditions such as drought, limit the yield of most crops.
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Researchers have suggested thefungaldiseasechytridiomycosis, in combination with climate change, as a likely cause of the species' decline.
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Red band needle blight is afungaldiseasewhich affects coniferous trees, particularly pine, with a worldwide distribution.
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It led to industrial applications for next-generation controls of insect pests andfungaldiseaseof crops.
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The population of mature trees crashed in the 1950s, possibly due to the introduction of a still uncharacterisedfungaldisease.
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It is a seriousfungaldiseaseprevalent in cooler climates and tropical highlands wherever corn is grown.
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Throughout the year, growers must be mindful of the hazards offungaldiseaseand early spring frost.
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