potato blight

English

Noun

potato blight (uncountable)

(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