potato blight
noun
mass noun
1- a destructive fungal disease of potatoes resulting in dry brown rot of the tubers马铃薯疫病。
1.1
- Early blight is caused by Alternaria solani (subdivision Deuteromycotina), and late blight is caused by Phytophthora infestans (subdivision Mastigomycotina).早疫病由马铃薯链格胞菌（半知菌亚门）引起, 晚疫病由致病疫霉菌（鞭毛霉菌亚门）引起。