RHIZOCTONIA


Meaning of RHIZOCTONIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌrī-ˌzäk-ˈtō-nē-ə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from rhiz- + Greek -ktonos killing, from kteinein to kill; akin to Sanskrit kṣaṇoti he wounds

Date: 1897

: any of a form genus ( Rhizoctonia ) of imperfect fungi that includes major plant pathogens

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