PIERCE'S DISEASE


Meaning of PIERCE'S DISEASE in English

Plant Pathol.

a disease of grapes caused by a rickettsialike organism, characterized by dwarfing of vines, mottling of woody tissues, and plant death.

[ named after N. B. Pierce (d. 1917), American plant pathologist ]

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