stewart's disease

stewart's disease
\\ˈst(y)üə(r)ts-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: after Fred Carlton Stewart died 1946 American plant pathologist
: a disease especially of sweet corn that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Erwinia (E. stewartii) transmited over the winter by the corn flea beetle and that is characterized by wilting, stunting, leaf necrosis, and premature death of affected plants

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