potato blight

English

Noun

potato blight (uncountable)

1. (phytopathology) A devastating disease of potatoes caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 8]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     They say they used to give pauper children soup to change to protestants in the time of the potato blight.

Synonyms

• late blight

Translations

Phytophthora infestans, disease of potatoes

• Finnish: perunarutto (fi)
• German: Kartoffelmehltau m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: potetpest m

• Russian: фитофторо́з m (fitoftoróz), фитофто́ра (ru) f (fitoftóra)
• Scottish Gaelic: gaiseadh a' bhuntàta m

Further reading

• Phytophthora infestans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia